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My mother insisted that I had to try things on to make sure they were becoming. Becoming what, I always asked.

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If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all.

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If Grandma Goldman ever smiled, she must have done it in the bathroom with the door locked. She had been the undisputed head of her own family, ruling with an iron hand and a mouth full of rocks.

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Edith Konecky

Edith Konecky

Born: August 1, 1922
Died: March 28, 2019 (aged 96)
Bio: Edith Konecky was an Jewish American feminist novelist who, despite a relatively small body of work, can lay claim to a large literary achievement with Allegra Maud Goldman, a coming-of-age novel that chronicles the growth of a young female artist.
Known for:
  1. Allegra Maud Goldman (1976)
  2. A Place at the Table (1989)
  3. Fiction and the Facts of Life (2011)
  4. View to the North (2004)
  5. Past sorrows and coming attractions (2000)

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