In my mother's house : a daughter's story /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chernin, Kim (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Wasn't I once also a daughter?
  • The proposal
  • The first story my mother tells
  • Childhood in Russia (1903-1914)
  • Oy, my enlightenment
  • The second story my mother tells
  • Do this for me, Rose
  • The third story my mother tells
  • A larger world (1920-1928)
  • Three sisters
  • The fourth story my mother tells
  • I fight for my mother (1928-1932)
  • Wasn't I once also a daughter?
  • Part two: The almond giver
  • She comes to visit
  • The fifth story my mother tells
  • Motherland (1932-1934)
  • A walk in the woods
  • The sixth story my mother tells
  • The organizer (1934-1938)
  • The rose garden
  • The seventh story my mother tells
  • Letters (1938-1940)
  • The almond giver
  • The eighth story my mother tells
  • A birth and a death (1940-1946)
  • Part three: The survivor
  • 414 East 204th Street
  • The crossroads
  • The first story I tell
  • Hard times (1947-1952)
  • Take a giant step
  • The second story I tell
  • A communist childhood (1952-1957)
  • A knock at the door
  • The third story I tell
  • Motherland revisited (1957-1967)
  • What remains