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But then came 1944. And evil came between the five sisters and their future

Cross these questions off your list — because I’m not going to answer them

We were living off my night shift paychecks, but making jewelry filled me in a way that reams of data entry never could

For all my logical assurances that this pain has no place in my life, the ache persists

Just about everything — from the time he left the Mirrer Yeshivah until he married our mother — was wrapped in layers of secrecy

 “You’ll see,” she said in a soft, melodic voice. “This will be motherhood, just a different kind”