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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 37

“A violent man is roaming the old ghetto, looking for poor families, persuading them to send away their daughters. Does that not sound suspicious?”

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 36 

She feels lost. How to explain? How to begin to explain something that is so obvious?

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Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 35 

What will be when Tatte falls over and he needs a strong arm to help him up?

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 34 

Would she understand? He doesn’t want to tell her if she will not understand

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 33

They were nothings. Nothings. Nothings. Just trodden-in-the-mud Jews. Just girls, dependent on fathers and brothers for their safety

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 32 

“There are many things we don’t remember, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t inside us”

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Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 31 

Mama is the mother, she’s meant to be the sun of their family. And she acts more like the moon, reflecting back others’ light

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Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 30

It is her own fault. If she would have taken charge of her family, of her cleanliness, then none of this would be happening

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 29

The driver faces him, trying to get inside, but Tatte doesn’t even notice, his eyes are on the carriage, on her and Emmy

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 28

She has disobeyed a cardinal rule. Never interrupt in the middle of a poem. A poem must be savored, from beginning to end

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 27 

“I thought your little girl was going to come to school today,” Becca says. Polite but direct