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Woe is me! Bitter is me! For what is my life? Why didn't the ship go under and drown me before I came to America?

Anzia Yezierska

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Anzia Yezierska
Age: 90 †
Born: 1880
Born: October 29
Died: 1970
Died: November 20
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