Kate Walter ‘s latest essay, We Were Immigrants Who Sold our House to Other Immigrants, featured in Purple Clover online magazine.

About five years ago, Olga asked my mother if she would consider renting the empty first-floor apartment. Olga wanted to sponsor her sister and brother-in-law and bring them from Ecuador. Mom agreed.

Bella and Jorge became tenants in the house too; it felt safer to us with a man on the premises. Bella was eager to learn English and Mom tutored her using books my sister had from her career as a reading teacher. My mother, who’d come here from Ireland as a child, was glad to help the new arrivals adjust.

Now Olga wanted to buy the house….

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Kate Walter is the author of the memoir Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in many publications. She teaches personal essay writing at New York University School of Professional Studies.

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