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YOU OLD BAT! My grandmother’s apartment in the Ansonia Hotel was a wild place but in the worst way. The fights between my mother and grandmother were as volatile as the fights my mother had with my father before he left. When my mother came home from work, I’d feel her rage outside the door. Here it comes, I thought, [...]
“Mommy—Don’t go to work,” said my two-year-old daughter said, who’d just started speaking in sentences. As I put on my jacket, she began to cry. I kissed her cheek, and said, “I’ll be home later.” The babysitter fed her, and I closed the door. I heard her sobbing as I charged down the hallway. I had 5 minutes to catch [...]
