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Thursday, June 04, 2020

Hearts in Translation

Talk. That’s all his father ever does, and he never remembers to leave some silent space to listen to anyone else’s words.

Rocking Horse

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 26

"I remember thinking, Let this not be imprinted on his mind. Let not my child see his father burn”

Rocking Horse

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 25

“Many are filled with anger, for that is the only force they find to sustain themselves”

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 24

Emmy’s failure is her own, but rather than blame his daughter, Ernst will surely hold her up as a faulty role model

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 23

"House burned. Daughter taken. Child injured. Horse let loose. They’re not politics. They’re people”

Rocking Horse

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 22

“How surprising. Do you mean that little girls have minds?”

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 21

Maybe it was easier to miss her when she was gone, than live with her. Maybe he is ashamed of his shtetl wife

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 20

What is better, bitterness or innocence? Emptiness or the wisdom that comes with facing the darkness?

A Gift Passed Along

Sunday, April 05, 2020

He Knew

He was my principal; he was also my ally and my cheerleader and one of the only people who took an odd little girl, dreamy but fierce, and tended to her

Rocking Horse

Sunday, April 05, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 19

Fortuna turns to her with fire in her eyes. “A teacher has to be an example. And you are no example to my daughter”

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Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Rocking Horse: Chapter 18

“Rebecca or Shayna. Teacher or domestic servant. For me, what matters is that you Jewish meidelach all bring in good money for me”