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May 15Liked by Esther Cohen

I’m not sure why I like this so much but I do. It made me smile and think - that’s probably why.

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May 15Liked by Esther Cohen

Memoir Title: Is That All There Is?

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Most people don't know that I could have had six children if it weren't for a series of abortions that my partners had. As for the memoir title, my working title is "Eye-Witness in Israel-Palestine: From Utopia to Dystopia?"

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Wow.

Maybe the subtitle should be without the word from and no question mark xxxx

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Well, I still think it has to remain a question mark. The struggle over the future continues.

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It is a question mark but question marks aren't usually in subtitles (!!!) xxx

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This title reminds me of the most suspicious two words I know: Trust me.

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oy

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Sara Minetta Liddell

It had been Sarah but she wanted to be modern. People called her Sally. Her wedding dress in 1929 was lilac. She bit a champagne glass, which broke, then said "I ALWAYS wanted to do that!"

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sounds fantastic

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i'd love to tell you anything. (here's one telling)

my mother's mother was Grammie Wadleigh (before marriage: Florence Johnson). she grew up in Brooklyn; Grammie's mother (my great grandmother) was a seamstress for the Shuberts. my mother preferred to think of herself as New England royalty, descended on her father's side from early (non-native) settlers in Maine and MA. i grew up in MA; was never told about my grandmother's roots, except one day my father made a joke about her Brooklyn accent. he said it with affection -- but it was total news to me. when i was older, i researched both sides of my family. many surprises...

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i'd like to hear the whole story one day

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Ah, this is your life’s journey, Esther: tell me anything

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YES it is

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