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Julia’s son Mike was born in June 1928, and while he was always a part of her story, he was often in the background. Only later, after he left home during World War II, did Mike take a central role in Julia’s narrative, and it was generally when he ran into trouble with physical injuries, alcohol, and a disastrous marriage.1
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© 2003 Sandy Polishuk
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Polishuk, S. (2003). The Lives of Working People Are Full of Desperation. In: Sticking to the Union. Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403973559_15
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