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 | | She said seeing my name and hearing me read my poetry infused with my Finnishness made her weep for the invisible half of her, the forgotten half of her that hadn't been recognized in immigration history, though a Finnish immigrant is supposed to have been the first president of the U.S., before Washington. |
 | | And now, here we were, in Vimpeli, after eighty years, trying to find traces of an immigrant peasant girl, her mother, and her illegitimate father. |
 | | Had Anna gotten pregnant in Lappajärvi, and then come to Vimpeli to be the maid and to have her baby away from the tongues and eyes of her friends and relatives in her hometown? |
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