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A millionaire junk dealer arranges for his unsophisticated girlfriend to take a course in "culture".

A chance encounter between a New England pharmacist and the wife of an American diplomat leads to a romance that flourishes over several decades from Martha's Vineyard to wartime London, and, finally, to the islands of Japan.

"How many of us who sit in high anticipation waiting for the curtain to rise on a Broadway musical have any idea what really goes on behind the scenes?"--jacket flap.