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A STORY ABOUT CHICKEN SOUP by LOUIS SIMPSON

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First Line: IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS CHICKEN SOUP
Last Line: BUT TO LIVE IN THE TRAGIC WORLD FOREVER.
Subject(s): ETHNIC GROUPS - UNITED STATES; HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945); JEWS; MINORITIES - UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES - RACE RELATIONS; WORLD WAR II; SHOAH; JUDAISM; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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