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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

My Dad was a great reader, something my sister and I have “inherited” from him, and every Jewish home in those days purchased an encyclopedia, volume by volume, convinced this was essential to their children’s education. Even today, on the rare occasions when I’m in a store, I can’t help but notice such behaviors.