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Allegra Goodman Reads “Ambrose”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Navigating Adolescence: A Girl's Struggle with School and Identity

This chapter explores a young Jewish girl's challenges with school, family, and her cultural identity. As she faces pressures from math tutoring and her father's expectations, her internal struggles and longing for simpler times come to the forefront.

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