Zelzah lived
in Poland with her 5 sisters. Zelzah was the second oldest of five daughters. Her mother strongly believed the different names of her daughters made an impact on their lives. Aelzah means Shade-in-the-Heat. All the sisters hated sharing a big bed. They wanted to have own beds but couldn’t afford to buy. They were poor.
At the age of nine, Zelzah worked on the farm and did some duties for the old people who could not do their duties in the house. She was paid low-wage. Her parents wanted her to get a good husband but her sister, Shulamith wanted to get married too. Later Aunt Hannah, Zelzah’s mother’s own sister, sent Zelzah’s parents a letter saying that Aunt Hannah got four sons; one of them got married to American girl. Other one of her sons, Jack needed a wife. So Hannah wanted to ask her parent if Zelzah could get married to Jack so she came to America to stay with them. Later on, Jack got her girlfriend pregnant which sent Zelzah to live somewhere on her own. She went to the school and work. She sent money to her family so that Shulamith came to join her in USA. Shulamith got married off to a man.
Later on her parents died in Poland. She was finding difficult to live in USA. She thought of getting married better off and wanted to have some happiness in her life but could not achieve her dream. She was comparing alot from her home country, Poland and US. Her life was simple in Poland rather than in US.
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