6/29/2023 0 Comments The sorrows of ava lavender![]() She bakes, you see, and her pastries do specific things, like lighten moods or reveal secrets. ![]() Emilienne gets married and moves to a large house in a small town, where she is constantly followed by accusations of witchcraft. That leaves only one of the sisters, Emilienne, and the other sister, who is coincidentally, a bird. The father is beaten to death, the brother is killed by the man he is having an affair with, and their heartbroken mother fades to dust one morning. In the end, not much of the family is left. Needless to say, when they got to Ellis Island and established themselves in a small apartment in New York, they discovered that this was not the case. They have all kinds of preconceptions about America: that the streets are paved with bronze, and that you can become extravagantly wealthy by working hard. A family from France in the early twentieth century goes across the sea to build a better life in the New World. ![]() ![]() The story begins with immigrants, as many American stories do. ![]()
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