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Lost in Yonkers Short Stories She has almost no timeIt is New York, 1942. After the death of their mother, two young brothers are sent to stay with their formidable grandmother for the longest ten months of their lives. Grandmother Kurnitz is a one woman German fronta refugee and a widow who has steeled her heart against the world. Her coldness and intolerance have crippled her own children: the boys father has no self esteem; their Aunt Gert has an embarrassing speech impediment; their Uncle Louie is