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...They all sent their regrets," said Lil...
...marriage wasn't all smooth going. Lil said: "We had many fights. We'd throw each other out the window. We always wanted to kill each other. But every time we walked out, we walked back...
Both of them were children of Russian Jewish parents. Lil's father was a successful merchant; he sold and repaired sewing machines. Nat's parents were poor. His father died when he was six, and his mother, who never learned English, had to work as a peddler to survive. She also had to send three of her seven children, including Nat, to an orphan asylum for six years...
...player breaks away from "The Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," plays a fanfare, and the march into the next room for dinner has begun. The family staggers towards the long head table. The accordion player plays "Here Comes the Bride"; my grandparents enter. A boozy standing ovation. As Lil and Nat take their seats the music switches to "The Old Grey Mare." Some of the assembled join...
Dinner is anything but "sit-down." I don't think either of the guests of honor stayed in their seats for as long as five minutes at a time. Table-hopping like you've never seen. A woman walks over to my mother. "Lil tells me you are going to India tomorrow," she says...