My parents weren’t required to give a dowry, but my mom had jewelry that she gave to all the daughters and daughters-in-law anyway, and there were 9 of us children.
All in 1970s
My parents weren’t required to give a dowry, but my mom had jewelry that she gave to all the daughters and daughters-in-law anyway, and there were 9 of us children.
I never had a meat grinder! When I got my first salary here in the U.S., I went out and bought myself one.
I was the little parcel on the way, but we don’t know for sure whether I was conceived in Russia or in Austria.
There was no Home Depot in Kiev in the ‘70s, so we had to slip something to someone under the table, and lumber would disappear from a construction site.
We were the refuseniks. Then one day we got the official letter with our permission, but we had to leave within 2 weeks.
