She had a miscarriage and her husband walked out on her. Alone, she grieved for the child she never had, and fell lower and lower down the economic ladder.
She cleaned houses for slave wages and was finally forced to take a tiny room on the West Side; she was barely able to get by.
A young couple moved into the room above hers, and their baby cried all through the night.
If my baby had lived, would it have been like that? she wondered.
The thought, and the baby’s crying, kept her awake for the remainder of the night.
She cleaned houses for slave wages and was finally forced to take a tiny room on the West Side; she was barely able to get by.
A young couple moved into the room above hers, and their baby cried all through the night.
If my baby had lived, would it have been like that? she wondered.
The thought, and the baby’s crying, kept her awake for the remainder of the night.
