and we lived there for awhile. i lived there until i was probably five or six years old. then we gradually worked our way out of the lower east side. we move north to the bronx, where i grew up mostly. for a while, we lived in a community called brighton beach in brooklyn, which is a beautiful place right on the beach in long island sound that many poor russians lived in those days. i would say we were very poor. my father worked as a restaurant worker all his life. my mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. my father worked in a cafeterias. my sister roselyn and i were left more or less alone most of our lives. i was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. up that was fine, i loved it because in the bronx, we live right next to bronx park which is a wonderful place for kids to grow up. there s the bronx zoo and the botanical gardens. i used to go there all the time. i used to sneak into
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