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Pregnant Paris doctor flees Nazis.
Landlady: Someday you speaking English. Then you being a lady.
Crossword puzzles become her English lessons.
Toronto medical school head: Stay home. Be a mother.
Accepted two years later.
"You actually passed. And your English is so good!"
"It should be. I memorized your textbook."
I don't have a feel for flash fiction. I think your experienced poetry writing certainly helps.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mirka. I'm still trying to get the hang of it. This was my mother-in-law's story.
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