The twins are now in their eighties. They were separated from both parents at ten months of age and were nurtured by their mother three thousand miles away in her hospital bed. Both have done the same to many people as a nurse and a teacher. We hope this book encourages readers to nurture from afar, caused by illness, military, prison, divorce, or any other of many causes of separation.

Jean Anderson is an Associate Professor of French at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.