00-01.The Heart Mender - Andy Andrews

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The Heart Mender 11couldn’t tell. Though the woman looked directly (fearfully?)into the camera, the man’s attention was focused toward thechild, causing his face to appear in profile. I wasn’t certain,but I thought that maybe he was the same uniformed man inthe previous photograph.It was the third photograph, in addition to the ribbonedmedal, that had my attention. The black-and-silver militarydecoration was cast in the shape of a cross. At the bottomleg of the cross was a date, 1939, and in its center a morefamiliar symbol. I blinked as I touched it with my finger andshivered, whether from the January chill or somethingunseen, I didn’t know.Quickly I looked again to the last photograph. Men on aboat of some sort . . . lined up as if for inspection. On theright corner of the front line, yes, there was the uniformedman from the first picture. Four officers in highly decoratedmilitary overcoats were in the foreground of the shot. Threewore dark clothing with what I imagined to be gold or silver
12 Andy Andrewstrim. The fourth man, to the far left of the photograph, wasdressed immaculately in an outfit cut in the same design, butof a paler material. It was this man whose face I recognized.This was the man for whom the symbol on the medal hadbeen created. But why on earth was a picture of Adolf Hitlerburied in my backyard?
Page 1 and 2: N e w Y o r k T i m e s B e s t - S
Page 3 and 4: Other Books by Andy AndrewsSThe Tra
Page 5 and 6: To the Stimpson familyof Mobile, Al
Page 7 and 8: of a happy publishing company, and
Page 10 and 11: Chapter 1IT IS EARLY SUMMER AS I SI
Page 12 and 13: The Heart Mender 5Last September, I
Page 14 and 15: The Heart Mender 7holes in its surf
Page 16 and 17: The Heart Mender 9the first, along
Page 20 and 21: Chapter 2A WEEK LATER, I WAS STILL
Page 22 and 23: The Heart Mender 15Pausing for a mo
Page 24 and 25: The Heart Mender 17wife had just st
Page 26 and 27: The Heart Mender 19gnawed at me and
Page 28 and 29: The Heart Mender 21why was I so ign
Page 30: AcknowledgmentsSIN AN UNDERTAKING O
Page 35: “With the skill of a virtuoso, An

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