I Stand Here Ironing is a short story told from the perspective of a mother of multiple children who has been contacted by school officials about her daughter, Emily. The unnamed mother reflects on her early married life and her parenting of her daughter, a process she looks back on with mixed feelings. The mother regrets some of her harsher treatment of her daughter but also, paradoxically, wishes that she had been sterner and set better boundaries.
Becoming You Through Poverty and Adversity How would your life be different if you grew up poor What if your father left you and your mother Would you be willing to give up your child because you can not afford to take proper care of her Would you be willing to forgiving to your friend who has turned his back on you Difficult situations and decisions that the main characters in Tillie Olsens I Stand Here Ironing and Sherman Alexies This is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona went through becau