Hope

Dear mum!

I’m sending you this letter from my house on wheels in America. The way over here was long, but I can’t complain, I got away from the war with my husband and our daughter. It’s great to feel safe, but it would have been much easier if you all would have been here with me. I have experienced some difficulties here in America, and the hardest thing is that I don’t understand the language. I don’t even understand my own husband, and he gives me an odd look when I serve him dinner, but I don’t understand why. Maybe he is just picky? I miss you a lot, but I want you to know that we are doing fine! Hope you are okay, and I hope you can come and visit us sometime… maybe when we don’t live in a trailer. (In respons to Elizabeth Gordons "on the other side of the war: A story")

Love Lahiri