THE QUEST: A Memoir of Friendship and Love

The Quest is a memoir of five friendships that shaped a life: Johannes, a childhood companion from post-war Berlin whose bond survived forty years of silence; Frankie, the blue-eyed girl who became both wife and best friend for fifty-seven years; Jay, the colleague whose sudden death taught the lesson of not waiting; Billy O, a brother in grief with whom every phone call still ends with "love you"; and Masha, the Georgian caregiver whose presence after Frankie's death awakened an unexpected hope for connection.Moving between the sandboxes of 1950s Dahlem, the theaters of Manhattan, and the hills of Tbilisi, this is a meditation on platonic love, on aging gracefully, and on the courage it takes—even at eighty—to remain open to genuine human connection. For anyone who has ever sought true friendship, lost it, or wondered if it was still possible. Read more