Me, My Two Grandmothers, and the Roma Bride Next Door

Four women in a game of prejudice. Prejudice won.

Me in 2019, in the Soviet-era building where my grandmother Mimi lived | Sofia, Bulgaria | Image by author

“Why on Earth… Has he lost his mind?”

This was whispered with raised eyebrows and followed by a somber sip of coffee by yet another neighbor visiting my grandma Mimi in the afternoon lull.

Baba Mimi and her many friends