Across
- 2. ran away from home when she was fifteen
- 3. a topic Ruth didn't like to hear in a sermon
- 5. owned a leather factory where Ruth worked
- 7. James first realizes his mother is this when he started school
- 9. woman who raised 12 children
- 10. Yiddish woman who was crippled as a result of polio
- 11. married Ruth and eventually died of lung cancer
Down
- 1. James's step-sister
- 2. worked for the New York City Housing Authority
- 4. Ruth's Grandmother
- 6. stopped going to school when his stepfather died
- 8. owned a store in Suffolk, Virginia