I am Sophie Tucker by Susan Ecker

Author:Susan Ecker [Tucker, Sophie; Lloyd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Easton Studio Press, LLC
Published: 2014-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Please inform New York when Jennie Kalish and her two children leave Glasgow.

When the Glasgow office wired back the details of what had happened, Paul arranged for Pfizer to foot the bill for our passage to the United States and we were on a boat within the week.

When Al and I heard the entire story, we needed a jack to lift our jaws up off the ground. I knew Mama liked to keep things to herself, but I couldn’t believe that she’d managed to keep her summer in a Scottish prison a secret for my entire life.

Tizzy even had a few old newspaper clippings that mentioned Mama’s case and Artie, the doctor who liked to do detective work. Tizzy proudly pointed to the line where he mentioned her, which said: “We never could have solved this case without the invaluable assistance of Elizabeth “Tizzy” Hawkins.”

Artie went on to write a few novels and he tried to name one of his characters after Tizzy, but the publishers made him change the character to a man.

“So, is Artie still doctoring?” asked Al.

“No, he gave it up after his first book got published,” Tizzy answered.

“Write down his name for us,” I requested. “I could use something to read on my boat ride home.”

“There’s one thing I always wanted to know,” Tizzy asked as she wrote down the name. “What did the inscription on your father’s ring mean? Your mother never told me.”

I pulled a chain out from around my neck under my blouse to reveal my father’s wedding ring.

“It says Ani Le Dodi Ve Dodi Li. It means ‘I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.’”

Tizzy sighed and smiled.

Al and I were silent and astounded on our way back to our hotel that night. I didn’t even think to look at the piece of paper Tizzy gave me until I was changing out of my dress to get ready for bed. I was lucky I was standing next to something soft, because I just about fell over when I realized who Tizzy had been talking about. It’s a shonda3 her literary namesake, Tizzy Watson, never made it to print.

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