Blake Bailey - My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scho...

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My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scholarship to NYU Law School, and there in Greenwich Village, he met my mother, who was very young, fresh off the boat from Germany.

Blake Bailey

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Mein Vater war ein goldener Junge aus einer sehr kleinen Stadt. Er gewann ein sehr angesehenes Jurastipendium an der NYU Law School. Dort traf er in Greenwich Village meine sehr junge Mutter, die frisch aus dem Boot aus Deutschland kam.

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