Modern Girls
“I would get through a few stacks of papers in the morning, and then tell Mr. Dover that my ma was ill, that I was taking her to a doctor’s appointment and would need to leave work at the lunch hour. On Friday I’d send Alfie to Dover Insurance to let Mr. Dover know I needed to take care of Ma for the day, but I’d be back at work bright and early on Monday morning.
That was my plan.
• • • ON my way to the streetcar, I detoured south a block to pass by Abe’s store. Mrs. Rabinowitz was ...cranking open the awning, and I stopped to greet her. “Good morning, Mrs. Rabinowitz.”
She looked up, startled. “Morning,” she replied. She didn’t invite me in to see Abe or encourage any conversation, so I stood outside, staring at the lettering on the window, debating what to do. RABINOWITZ MARKET, it read first in English and then again in Yiddish beneath it. Kosher, read the sign below it, this word only in Yiddish.MoreLess
That was my plan.
• • • ON my way to the streetcar, I detoured south a block to pass by Abe’s store. Mrs. Rabinowitz was ...cranking open the awning, and I stopped to greet her. “Good morning, Mrs. Rabinowitz.”
She looked up, startled. “Morning,” she replied. She didn’t invite me in to see Abe or encourage any conversation, so I stood outside, staring at the lettering on the window, debating what to do. RABINOWITZ MARKET, it read first in English and then again in Yiddish beneath it. Kosher, read the sign below it, this word only in Yiddish.MoreLess
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