Marty Siegel
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Kim van Alkemade:
Kim, I just learned about your book, Orphan Number 8. Do you have any further interest in learning more about the Hebrew Orphan Assylum? My father, Harry and his brother Seymour both grew up there, and are still living. Harry is 91 and living in Minnesota; Seymour is 96 (still playing racquetball once a week) and living in Marlton, NJ. My father, Harry, just signed up to get his copy of your book.
Kim van Alkemade
I am so glad your father will be reading Orphan #8, thank you very much. My uncle Seymour also grew up in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum! Have you read The Luckiest Orphans by Hyman Bogan? It's a fabulous history of the orphanage. It's fabulous to still have your father and uncle, I miss my grandpa so much but my grandma is still going strong at 98! I'd love to hear from your dad and/or uncle, especially their thoughts on the novel. Please do stay in touch!
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Ronald
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Kim van Alkemade:
My dad Martin Weiss left the orphanage in Tuckahoe on his bar mitzvah. His father had died when he was 6 and his older siblings refused to go with my grandmother, a zionist to Palestine, but in fact she traveled the south a religious zealot until committed and died in 1941 with the kids thinking she had gone to Palestine. I have a picture of my dad's basketball team. Where can I find old pictures? thank you.
Kathleen
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Kim van Alkemade:
Orphan #8 is a truly outstanding book, brilliantly researched and written. You have a wonderful career ahead of you; I will be watching for your next book. Just one little suggestion: don't have any characters tuck a strand of hair behind someone's ear. I've collected 37 examples of hair tucking in novels in just the last year! It's become such a cliche. Are you aware of that?
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