Small Things: Words from my namesake

In 2009, shortly after her mom passed away, Trude discovered a cardboard box containing a worn, cloth-bound journal. Inside, she found short personal essays written by the grandmother she had never met. This collection of words from her namesake, which reveals the wisdom gained by a Jewish immigrant from Nazi Germany, leapt from the pages and into Trude’s heart. In Small Things, Trude shares these essays along with her own reflections.＂Most often, strangers to our shores, like Trude Grunwald, help us reacquaint ourselves with our values and attitudes, and reintroduce us to the importance of the freedoms we should hold dear.＂- Marilyn Turkovich, Executive Director, Voices Education Project

Trude Lisagor (1951- ) taught elementary school for twenty years in Northern Virginia. She continues to help children with reading, writing and math on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where she lives with her husband, Mike. Her grandmother, Trude Grunwald (1899-1949), immigrated to Los Angeles from Wuppertal, Germany in 1938. Her strong sense of what matters most lives on in her writing.