The Story of Pearl: Cultured and Otherwise

About the Book

The Story of Pearl: Cultured and Otherwise is the end result of a class on memoirs writing that Pearl Schiff taught for many years at the Sharon Senior Center in Sharon, MA, where she lived for over fifty years. With her inimitable wit and verve, Pearl relates her often hilarious (in hindsight) accounts of tenement life, her struggles as a young career woman, and her love and concern for her family. Pearl Schiff had a passion for life – not to mention a loathing for President George W. Bush - and nowhere is this more apparent than here, on these pages.

About the Author

Pearl Schiff was born in Boston to immigrant parents. She graduated from Radcliffe College during the depression, paying tuition by doing odd jobs. She and her husband of 50 years raised two children. She was the author of two novels and worked as a proofreader for the Boston Globe. Pearl acted and directed numerous productions for a community theater. She and her husband enjoyed travel and casino games. In her later years, she taught yiddish and memoirs writing. She died at the age of 89, leaving two children, three grandchildren and a great-grandson.