22 M y mother had not informed her relatives that we were coming back to Philadel- phia with a new addition to our family, my brother Allen. Nonetheless when we got back we were welcomed and we moved in with my mother’s sister, Aunt Lil. She and her husband, my uncle Jake, had a tiny row house. They had three children, Marty, Ruthie and Fagie, from nine to three years old. We added my parents and four more kids, my brother Marvin, my sister Pearl, me, and our infant brother, Allen, who slept in a baby carriage all the time we lived there. Uncle Jake’s mother also lived with us. Can you imagine? Twelve people in that little house! With one small bathroom! And all the kids still little. I could tell by the expression on Uncle Jake’s mother’s face that she wasn’t exactly thrilled to have us all there.
22 A Bowl of Cherries 24 SADIE AND LIL 24 GRANDMA MARY AND SHVITZ
24 A SPECIAL DISH 24 NATRONA STREET
25 THE NEIGHBORHOOD 26 THE PIT AND THE PIANO 28 SADIE WRITES TO THE PRESIDENT 29 STRAWBERRY MANSION 29 SOME KIDS 31 THE STAR CLUB 31 A LITTLE SUPPLEMENT 33 BY THE SEA 33 I AM A WOMAN 34 NOT SO SWEET CHARITY 34 THE BOTTOM RUNGS OF THE LADDER 34 31ST AND CUMBERLAND 35 “WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEW?” 36 “GIF ME DA VHEEL!” 36 UNCLE MICKEL HAD A FARM 37 EVERY CHILD NEEDS A PET
38 GIRLFRIENDS 39 FIRST CRUSH 41 THE HAYRIDE
41 SCARLET FEVER 42 ANOTHER MOVE 42 HORSING AROUND
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