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A Peachy Life

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Born into an Italian-Catholic circle of relatives in a tight-knit Baltimore neighborhood, Leonora Dixon recalls the happy days of an innocent childhood. But how would she find the courage to go away a horrible marriage, provide for her daughters, and take charge of her future? “Peachy” Dixon’s story is typical of girls born into immigrant families on the onset of World War II. They grew up within the 1950s and ’60s immersed in stereotypical roles for women. So when the “man of the circle of relatives” seems to be an abusive drug addict, where is a woman and mother to show? Her story is unique for the time in that she made bold decisions, but the proper ones for the protection of her circle of relatives. After a series of waitressing jobs at a few of Baltimore’s so much famous restaurants, where she surrounded herself with friends, Leonora now looks back at what has been a “peachy” life.

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