The Gypsy and the Rabbi’s Wife

The Fairy Tale. Part 2

Elena Tucker

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Auschwitz concentration camp

The day was cold and blustery. The wind blew the rain in gusts against the windows, coming down in waves on the street, drumming hard on the roof. Ernesto shuddered and pulled his old camel-colored cardigan tighter around his sizable belly.

Ernesto Gonzales wasn’t always a chubby man, but after more than a decade of tending his little bar (and…

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Elena Tucker

Writer and storyteller, immigrant, wife, mom, knitter, collector of jokes, lover of cheap, sweet wine.