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Weekly Contest #367
May 9, 1940 - Amersfoort, NetherlandsThe button tin from the bottom drawer of her father’s desk barely fit inside Iris’s peacoat. While everyone in the house was occupied, she slipped out the back door and crossed the lawn toward the tennis court, half-hidden from the kitchen windows by a row of field maples. Iris had spent entire afternoons with her older brother Matt searching for lost tennis balls beneath the blackthorn hedges. A full basket earned them each a bronze one-cent coin, which Matt insisted was proof Jewish children did not nee...
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Fall 1972, Philadelphia, PA Rummaging through the vinyl tote, Rose pushed aside the baby bottles and cloth diapers before finding the manila folder near the bottom. She froze when an open diaper pin bit into her palm. Unwilling to wake Sophie, she pressed the sting to her mouth until it passed. Learning her lesson, she went back in for the folder, this time more gingerly. She laid the unfinished dissertation proposal across her lap. It had been three days since her disastrous session with Dr. Balis, and she was still woefully behind. She h...
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