CalligraphyThursday, June 04, 2020Hearts in TranslationTalk. That’s all his father ever does, and he never remembers to leave some silent space to listen to anyone else’s words.
Rocking HorseWednesday, June 03, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 26"I remember thinking, Let this not be imprinted on his mind. Let not my child see his father burn”
Rocking HorseTuesday, May 26, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 25“Many are filled with anger, for that is the only force they find to sustain themselves”
Rocking HorseWednesday, May 20, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 24Emmy’s failure is her own, but rather than blame his daughter, Ernst will surely hold her up as a faulty role model
Rocking HorseWednesday, May 13, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 23"House burned. Daughter taken. Child injured. Horse let loose. They’re not politics. They’re people”
Rocking HorseWednesday, May 06, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 22“How surprising. Do you mean that little girls have minds?”
Rocking HorseWednesday, April 29, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 21Maybe it was easier to miss her when she was gone, than live with her. Maybe he is ashamed of his shtetl wife
Rocking HorseWednesday, April 22, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 20What is better, bitterness or innocence? Emptiness or the wisdom that comes with facing the darkness?
Rocking HorseSunday, April 05, 2020Rocking Horse: Chapter 19Fortuna turns to her with fire in her eyes. “A teacher has to be an example. And you are no example to my daughter”
A Gift Passed AlongSunday, April 05, 2020He KnewHe 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 HorseWednesday, April 01, 2020Rocking 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”