Sudetenland Tales by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Sudetenland Tales

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departure of the towns largest employer - Weyerhaeuser, and the establishment of the first Islamic clothing shop, a "Moe's Discount Hijab House" franchise, that now de facto mandatory attire in some New London locations. Despite their name their ad says that they carry not only hijabs, but also khimars, abayas, chadors, jilbabs, niqabs, burqas, kameezzes, shalwars, and an indispensable line of Q-tips, with a free baba ghanoush bar.

But for four White kids, whose families had been there for generations; Geoffrey, Robert, Lucas, and Roger, their world revolved around dumb jokes, video games, and the unshakable belief that adults didn't know anything about real life and real fun; and worse were ridiculously “tolerant” of ni-hi-hi-hi-