Part One
1 The Chinese Mother
3(3)
2 Sophia
6(4)
3 Louisa
10(4)
4 The Chuas
14(6)
5 On Generational Decline
20(5)
6 The Virtuous Circle
25(5)
7 Tiger Luck
30(5)
8 Lulu's Instrument
35(7)
9 The Violin
42(8)
10 Teeth Marks and Bubbles
50(10)
11 "The Little White Donkey"
60(4)
12 The Cadenza
64(13)
Part Two
13 Coco
77(8)
14 London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay
85(8)
15 Popo
93(9)
16 The Birthday Card
102(6)
17 Caravan to Chautauqua
108(6)
18 The Swimming Hole
114(7)
19 How You Get to Carnegie Hall
121(9)
20 How You Get to Carnegie Hall, Part 2
130(7)
21 The Debut and the Audition
137(7)
22 Blowout in Budapest
144(13)
Part Three
23 Pushkin
157(10)
24 Rebellion
167(9)
25 Darkness
176(3)
26 Rebellion, Part 2
179(6)
27 Katrin
185(5)
28 The Sack of Rice
190(4)
29 Despair
194(4)
30 "Hebrew Melody"
198(4)
31 Red Square
202(5)
32 The Symbol
207(3)
33 Going West
210(6)
34 The Ending
216(7)
Coda 223(8)
Acknowledgments 231(2)
Notes 233