Contrasting Journeys: Helen and Olga

This chapter explores the vastly different backgrounds of two friends, Helen Gallais and Olga Rudderschmidt, highlighting Helen's tumultuous early life marked by loss and single motherhood in 1960s Los Angeles. It contrasts her journey from financial struggle to ruthless property management with Olga's traumatic childhood experiences during World War II, illustrating how their pasts shaped their present lives.