Love, Please is a memoir of a timeless love story between a man and a woman from opposite sides of the world. They meet in Tokyo when she is there on tour, and each immediately realizes they are soul-mates. Their story unfolds over a period of seventeen years, from the mid seventies to the early nineties, chronicling the extraordinary adventure of their lives together. Satoru Oishi is a architect and sculptor who works with Jasper Johns and Phillip Johnson. Susana Hayman-Chaffey is a soloist with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The backdrop is their Manhattan loft, from which they travel around the world making a living any way they can, and learning about life through dramatic, often humorous, ups and downs. It is a voyage of love between two people, their families, friends and children. It encourages and inspires us to keep faith in the midst of what seems to be an impossible life journey, proving that, with courage and determination, anything can be accomplished. It is a human story told simply and honestly about life and love. LOVE, PLEASE A MEMOIR OF DESTINY, LOSS AND HEALING. By SUSANA HAYMAN-CHAFFEY AuthorHouse Copyright © 2013 Susana Hayman-Chaffey All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4817-0339-0 Contents Preface....................................................................1With Special Appreciation..................................................31976.......................................................................4The Proposal...............................................................10European Tour..............................................................15Return to Tokyo............................................................20The Wedding................................................................27Back To New York...........................................................33A Simple Life..............................................................40Europe.....................................................................44Italian Sojourn............................................................50Performing Together........................................................57Here and There.............................................................63Numbers....................................................................70Christophe.................................................................76Out of the Suitcase........................................................81Inventing Work.............................................................87Japanese Country House.....................................................92The Challenges.............................................................97Japan in America...........................................................102Grand Gestures.............................................................109The Accident...............................................................115Rituals....................................................................120Family and Friends.........................................................126Surviving..................................................................131Friendships................................................................137Mama And Papa..............................................................168South American Journey.....................................................172Retracing My Steps.........................................................179239 Central Park West......................................................184Fornacino Di Gre...........................................................189Tuscany Summer.............................................................195Italy and New York.........................................................202Explorations...............................................................210Demetrius in Tuscany.......................................................218Poetic Acts................................................................225A Pool in Fornacino........................................................233Mahikari...................................................................239Signs of Trouble...........................................................243Tokyo......................................................................251Saying Goodbye to New York.................................................254Friends Indeed.............................................................257Destination Tuscany........................................................263Emergency..................................................................269The Journey up the Mountain................................................276Songs in the Night.........................................................283Epilogue...................................................................291 Excerpt CHAPTER 1 1976 I heard Satoru Oishi sing before I heard him speak. It was in