21 Aldgate

Saturday, August 1, 2020

August 1st, 2020 Comment by Author of "21 ALDGATE" and Memoir

"Letters From Wankie"

Patricia Friedberg

I have lived through and in wars. I have survived tropical disease outbreaks in Southern Africa. I have been in
unprotected riots while teaching in Africa. I have four children born in four different countries, I became a citizen
of the United States with the hope of never having to relocate again. With all I have experienced Trump has made
me question the Constitution of these United States. I knew Hitler was evil. I recognised Mugabe was deplorable.
I thought the Klu Klux should never be allowed to exist. And yet, I cannot fathom how this experiment of democracy
has fallen so far from its original intention to allow a lying, money grabbing, pretender to continue flouting his
uncontrollable, egotistical, stupidity upon a nation in the flux of a pandemic without one Republican standing up
shouting from the roof tops, ENOUGH. If this is the best Western Civilisation has to offer I am beginning to question
why we escaped here. Yet, I am not completely without hope. I will vote. My family will vote. And, whoever has
read this far into my rant, they must Vote. It is the only answer to rid the country of a man not fit to be anything
other than a demon sent to remind all what America once was - a shining light of hope to all those who came to
become citizens of a once great and admired land.

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About the Author Patricia Friedberg

British-born author Patricia Friedberg grew up in London during World War II. She attended the Henrietta Barnett School and later the London School of Journalism. Soon after her marriage, the Friedbergs left England to live for many years in South Africa and in the Rhodesias - now Zambia and Zimbabwe - where Dr. Friedberg practiced medicine and where she was a journalist and writer of documentaries for the Rhodesian Newspapers and Rhodesian Television.

Due to civil unrest and for the safety of their children, the family came to America, where Mrs. Friedberg attended university and wrote columns for community and organizational papers, and hosted a television talk show, '"People of the Book," for the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In addition to her talent as a writer and journalist, Mrs. Friedberg has composed music for theatre, written prose for a ballet and has travelled extensively with her husband, a professor of cardiology who lectured around the world.

She has co-authored with her daughter, Adrienne, two illustrated children’s books, Dear Sammie, A Letter to a child of Divorcing parents, and Dear Jake.

She is the mother of four children, each born in a different country, grandmother of eight, and now has four great-grandsons.

Synopsis

When young Clara Simon suddenly quit her steady job in Ernest Maxwell Abbott's law firm over his increasingly shabby treatment of Jewish clients, she soon realized the seriousness of her actions. Giving up any job in struggling, post-WWI London meant taking a chance.

Clara knew her family at 21 Aldgate would not be supportive. With that in mind she did the only thing a Londoner could do: she looked for a quiet place to have a cup of tea and think over her hasty decision. A coincidental meeting with a former Abbott employee resulted in the suggestion of a job offer in Chelsea.

Clara, reluctant to consider venturing into affluent Chelsea, finally agreed to meet with the important French artist, Paul Maze, who needed an assistant to help write his memoir of his work as a field artist during the First World War. Their working relationship ignited a passionate love that forever changed and haunted her.

On the tides of political and social chaos prior to the Second World War, Clara was forced to make decisions that risked both her life and her marriage.