Once I Was a Plum Tree

Once Gerry's family name Pflaumenbaum, which means "plum tree" in German. Now, it's just plain flam, which means nothing at all. "What religion are you?" is the worst thing anyone could ask ten-year-old Geraldine Flam. Gerry, growing up in the Bronx just after the Second World War, doesn't have any religion at all." We are assimilated, " Gerry's father tells her. But Gerry wants more. Here's a funny and warm story about belonging -- to a particular community and to the world.