We interviewed relatives…. The discussions were lively; people disagreed about what had happened in the past. My great-grandfather had been murdered in Russia. My great uncle, a man in his late 60s, described the murder to us and as he did, he cried. That moment stayed with me. Continue reading
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FIVE IN BLOOM: Strong Women and Complex Heroines
by Rachel Leal and Juhi Singhal Karan
“The two women were based partly on people [Charles Frazier] knew as a child, ‘very strong, independent women who had a level of self-possession and self-mastery that runs counter to that stereotype of women in that culture.’” Continue reading