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2 The Beginning
4 THE ROARING TWENTIES 4 SONJA / SADIE / SARA 5 NOT ONLY A GOOD APPETITE 5 THE SWEATSHOP 5 THE BROTHERS 5 MY RIGHT ARM 6 A TRIP TO CANADA 6 MY FATHER 6 ON THE STREET 6 RADIO 7 CALIFORNIA 7 BOILED HEIGHTS 7 BOBOLINK THE BUTTERFLY 8 THE LONG WAY HOME
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was born in 1925, in the middle of what became known as the Roaring Twenties, just about half way between the Great War (WWI) and the Great Depression. It was a time of prosperity and huge social experiments. One of these was Prohibition which banned the sale of alcohol. That didn’t work out too well. Another was the rejection of old social restrictions by a new generation of women called Flappers who bobbed their hair and wore short skirts and generally shook up the older generation. I was just a baby while all this was going on but it shaped the world I would grow up in.
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