LAZEGA: Of course, she only liked Reagan because she had a theory that he was her long-lost brother. Vhat I did to survive and bring mine children here to dis country.” So many of our parents and grandparents (especially immigrant families)impart their incredible sagas of struggle - mine just handed me a pencil and said “Now listen good and write." Believe me, it stuck and I’m glad that it did.įQ: Bubbie loved President Reagan, may I ask what she would say about a “Trump” in the White House? Forget vhat dis mashuginas (Jewish for “bozos”) sell on Oprah. LAZEGA: People often ask me, “So what made you decide to write her story?” and I have to chuckle and answer “Like I had a choice?” From the time I could first hold a Crayola Mango Tango she’d been telling me “You got to write down dis book - a million dollars they’ll pay you for it. Like Bubbie,I guess I’ve been successful in life becauseI just didn’t know any better.įQ: Bubbie asked you to write her stories down, but when did that actually begin…and how? Was there a catalyst to beginning? The very characteristics that made Bubbie unmanageable in the modern world (a singular focus, an unbending refusal to do as she's told and an inability to comprehend the word “no") made her able to do the things that so many others couldn't in times of chaos.
LAZEGA: That extreme people shine in extreme times. Today, Feathered Quill reviewer Amy Lignor is talking with Russel Lazega, author of Managing BubbieįQ: Bubbie was a huge part of life (quite obvious from the book): What is one lesson that you take from her?
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