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Find an interview with the author HERE Elise Cooper: Thank you for doing this. It looks like you are trying to find your place in this post World War II world where anti-Semitism still looms large. Yet, being a Jew collided with the WASP world of the Bellamy family after Patricia hired you to tutor her daughter Margaux. Unfortunately, the father and husband Wynn sexually harassed you and you fell in love with Patricia’s brother Tom. Both these caused conflicts …

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Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis brings to life post World War II in New York City. 1947 was an enlightening year for two women and a child, brought together after a traffic accident. Eleanor, a young Jewish teacher and a WASPy married woman, Patricia, find an unexpected connection, after Eleanor is hired to home school Patricia’s daughter Margeaux, who sees herself as a polio cripple. This story delves into class issues, differences of …

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