My friend Chris reminded me that the Norwalk Library has free books outside its entrance. The next time I drove by and picked up a few books. One is a book of poetry and the other is memoir.
Rachel Bella Kahn's world fell apart when her mother died when she was only four years old. A cruel caretaker and a cruel stepmother deprived Rachel and her siblings of food as well as affection. Their father later abandoned them.
At 18 with no prospects, she traveled to America for an arranged marriage with Abraham Calof. Rachel had no idea of the primitive lifestyle she was joining. She worked hard laying wood floors and making walls, to make a better life for herself and her family.
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