Summary of Jo Sorochinsky's Dancing with my Father

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#1 Anselm Bonaventure Egon Horwitz was 75 when he changed his name. He kept Anselm and Bonaventure, but dropped Egon. He couldn’t stand the questions about where he came from and why he left.

#2 I was sent to Canada with my family, and we moved into a house that was completely new and clean. I was introduced to a new world of Catholic and non-Catholic friends.

#3 I was different from the other kids at St. Mike’s, and I didn’t know how to fit in with the group. I was the only one who didn’t have a television, and I never went to parties. I was afraid of what my friends would say about me if they knew my family secrets.

#4 I began to notice how Noreen and Ans would often stop talking when I entered a room. I wanted to know who they came from, and they didn’t want to tell me. They would often dismiss my curiosity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822535909

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Insights on Jo Sorochinsky's Dancing with my Father

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Anselm Bonaventure Egon Horwitz was 75 when he changed his name. He kept Anselm and Bonaventure, but dropped Egon. He couldn’t stand the questions about where he came from and why he left.

#2

I was sent to Canada with my family, and we moved into a house that was completely new and clean. I was introduced to a new world of Catholic and non-Catholic friends.

#3

I was different from the other kids at St. Mike’s, and I didn’t know how to fit in with the group. I was the only one who didn’t have a television, and I never went to parties. I was afraid of what my friends would say about me if they knew my family secrets.

#4

I began to notice how Noreen and Ans would often stop talking when I entered a room. I wanted to know who they came from, and they didn’t want to tell me. They would often dismiss my curiosity.

#5

Fritzi Ehrmann was a card-carrying member of the Democratic Social Workers’ Party, and she was seventeen when she died in 1939. She had dreams of becoming an actress, but she put those on hold to help her family. She went to look for her pilot fiancé in a hospital, but he died before she could see him.

#6

I wish I had asked Fritzi, the only