The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 21
Daina thinks she can recognize some of the faces from her welcoming party not that long ago. And Tzippy, of course, is a regular visitor here, being married to Leah’s son. As for ...
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The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 20
“To the music room. Just as soon as they let us out of here. No one’s going to notice we’re skipping class after this balagan”
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 19
At the squelch of mud, she starts. She peeks over the wall. A police car is parked by the curb, two uniformed men beside it
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 18
Tzorty. The only other seamstress in the neighborhood. Funny, that. What are the odds they would live so close, all these years later?
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 17
She is assaulted instead by the smell of frying onions and faint undertones of bleach. Ah, well. This is Jerusalem, not Teplidskai
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 16
“Okay, I get it.” Baila’s voice is shrill. “Sooo exciting, having this girl from the middle of nowhere move in”
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 14
Leah stops, keeping her distance from the grubby banister. The girl has her arms crossed. Her hair hangs loose around her neck. She needs a haircut
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 13
All Yisrael… A tentative voice springs from the corner of her mind. That would mean the scholar and the shochet. The butcher and candlemaker
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 11
Leah wonders where all the people are hiding in modern-day Lithuania. It is a far cry from the jam-packed highways leading in and out of Yerushalayim
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 13
“Yay, Daina! You haven’t been here in, like, foreverrrr!” Daina smiles and edges her way past the intimidating woman at the door
The Gatekeeper’s Daughter: Chapter 10
When asked to repeat it, she sings a second time, then a third. Until the man raises his palm. They’re done
