How did mameh learn of her mother death? Chapter 21

In the summer of 1941, before Ruth returned to New York, a letter arrived from Mameh's sisters stating that they had three rooms worth of extra furniture. It was their way of saying that Bubeh had died. Mameh couldn't read the letter because it had been intended for Tateh and was thus written in English, but late that night Ruth read it aloud to her. Mameh never said a word at the time; later, though, Ruth heard her mother weeping: a sound that she would never forget.