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CHAPTER 4 a date for its Chinese auction yet. It Chaya Sara Ben Shachar
had no venue either, and that was her
Recap: Chana Schwimmer who is a department too. anniversary, isn’t it?”
48-year-old widow is dealing with an Chana sighed. The memories were
insurance company’s investigation into Chana fingered the list gingerly.
the cause of her late husband’s death. Maybe it would be better to first deter- always so strong here in this room.
She asks her single daughter Rusi to mine the date and location of the She folded the list of store names
sit in on the investigation with her. Chinese auction and then to approach
Rusi is shocked when the insurance the store owners? They were more like- again and slipped it onto her night
ly to take her seriously that way. table. She had no head for this now.
Cbroker mentions that the policy in Not today and not tomorrow either.
But what if there were no contribu-
question is for the sum of one million tors? The Chinese auction couldn’t First she had to get over that morn-
dollars. take place without any sponsors. ing’s awful meeting. The two represen-
Which meant that Chana should just tatives from Grosshammer’s had practi-
hana sat on her bed, a list of listen to Diane’s advice and contact the cally made her out to be a murderer.
store owners first. And once they had left, Rusi had
stores in her hands. All the accused her of keeping secrets by not
Chana sighed. Diane was the telling her that the sum of money they
stores on the list had either Monsey New Mothers’ Circle queen. stood to lose was a million dollars.
She was a fundraising guru. Chana felt
bought ads or provided prizes redundant beside her. She folded the Chana stared at the full-length mir-
list of store names in half, then in quar- ror on the wall. Despite her elegant
for the Monsey Chinese auc- ters, laying it on the bedspread as if sheitel and makeup, she felt old and
that would make it disappear. haggard. Diane had told her that she’d
tion that Diane had organized be paid two thousand dollars for man-
She had indulged in the expensive aging the fundraising of the Brooklyn
two months before. Diane had set of linen eight years earlier, in honor Chinese auction, but right now she
of her and Nosson’s twentieth wedding simply had no head for it. Not with her
passed the list on so that anniversary. They’d been out shopping mind still reeling from Rusi’s awful
on the Avenue when the pricey set had words.
Chana could contact the owners and caught her eye. “Sure,” Nosson had said
with a laugh. “Splurge. Today’s our There was a rap on the door and
see if they’d be interested in making a Rusi entered. Once upon a time, this
room had been the most private room
contribution to the Brooklyn New in the house. The only conversations
Mothers’ Circle. Since many of the store
owners were likely object to making
another large donation so soon after
the previous one, Chana was supposed
to come up with a list of new donors as
well.
The Brooklyn NMC didn’t even have
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had no venue either, and that was her
Recap: Chana Schwimmer who is a department too. anniversary, isn’t it?”
48-year-old widow is dealing with an Chana sighed. The memories were
insurance company’s investigation into Chana fingered the list gingerly.
the cause of her late husband’s death. Maybe it would be better to first deter- always so strong here in this room.
She asks her single daughter Rusi to mine the date and location of the She folded the list of store names
sit in on the investigation with her. Chinese auction and then to approach
Rusi is shocked when the insurance the store owners? They were more like- again and slipped it onto her night
ly to take her seriously that way. table. She had no head for this now.
Cbroker mentions that the policy in Not today and not tomorrow either.
But what if there were no contribu-
question is for the sum of one million tors? The Chinese auction couldn’t First she had to get over that morn-
dollars. take place without any sponsors. ing’s awful meeting. The two represen-
Which meant that Chana should just tatives from Grosshammer’s had practi-
hana sat on her bed, a list of listen to Diane’s advice and contact the cally made her out to be a murderer.
store owners first. And once they had left, Rusi had
stores in her hands. All the accused her of keeping secrets by not
Chana sighed. Diane was the telling her that the sum of money they
stores on the list had either Monsey New Mothers’ Circle queen. stood to lose was a million dollars.
She was a fundraising guru. Chana felt
bought ads or provided prizes redundant beside her. She folded the Chana stared at the full-length mir-
list of store names in half, then in quar- ror on the wall. Despite her elegant
for the Monsey Chinese auc- ters, laying it on the bedspread as if sheitel and makeup, she felt old and
that would make it disappear. haggard. Diane had told her that she’d
tion that Diane had organized be paid two thousand dollars for man-
She had indulged in the expensive aging the fundraising of the Brooklyn
two months before. Diane had set of linen eight years earlier, in honor Chinese auction, but right now she
of her and Nosson’s twentieth wedding simply had no head for it. Not with her
passed the list on so that anniversary. They’d been out shopping mind still reeling from Rusi’s awful
on the Avenue when the pricey set had words.
Chana could contact the owners and caught her eye. “Sure,” Nosson had said
with a laugh. “Splurge. Today’s our There was a rap on the door and
see if they’d be interested in making a Rusi entered. Once upon a time, this
room had been the most private room
contribution to the Brooklyn New in the house. The only conversations
Mothers’ Circle. Since many of the store
owners were likely object to making
another large donation so soon after
the previous one, Chana was supposed
to come up with a list of new donors as
well.
The Brooklyn NMC didn’t even have
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