Stories of My Life by Paterson, Katherine Format: Hardcover with Dust JacketPublished by Dial Books, 2014 From Her Childhood In China To The Moment She Won Her First National Book Award, Literary Icon Katherine Paterson Shares The Personal Stories That Inspired Her Children's Books--amazon.com. Introduction -- Three Frequently Asked Questions -- Mary Elizabeth Goetcius -- George Raymond Womeldorf -- Over There -- In Hospitals -- The Courtship And Wedding -- Early Days In China -- At Home In Huai'an Enemy At The Gate -- Refugees -- My Father The Drug Smuggler -- Last Year In China -- At Home In An Alien Land -- Grandmother Goetchius -- Two Brass Buttons -- Maud Truxton Henderson -- The Teaching Life -- Japan Days -- Another Courtship -- Motherhood -- Motherhood (less Than Ideal) -- Pets -- Motherhood As An Inspiration -- Dedications And Other Miscellanea -- Awards, Etc. -- Final Gifts -- Who Went Where When -- My Family Tree. Katherine Paterson.
