Living with ghosts

Article Abstract:

A writer tells her experience being a daughter of Holocaust survivors. Her father's tragic stories about his family's ordeal made her fearful and suspicious of others. She was unable to enjoy her childhood and teenage life as memories of the war kept her from doing so.

Children, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), War and society, Society, Wars, Holocaust survivors, Children of Holocaust survivors

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Mother dons her glorious hat

Article Abstract:

A woman author recalls memories of her mother and the raffle she entered in which she won a fashionable pillbox hat adorned with pheasant feathers. She details the trouble her mother experienced in deciding to wear the prize possession to the Sunday service.

Social aspects, Clothing and dress, Clothing, Hats

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Aunt Maude and her desk

Article Abstract:

A writer recounts how as a child, she was extremely fascinated by her great-great Aunt Maude's drop-front desk and its endless assortment of knick-knacks. When she was already grown up, she was given the same desk after her Aunt Maude died.

Appreciation, Aunts, Desks

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