Rachelle Singer is a poet and writer born in New York. Her father was a 59 year old divorced Russian Jew. Her mother, a 30 year old Roman Catholic Italian. Her father's wealth came from manufacturing women's wear in New York's famous Garment District. Rachelle's early childhood required mediation skills negotiating family battles arising from the violent alcoholic rages of her father, and her mother's ongoing infidelities. Her early years were indelibly marked by the violence of her father. His despair and suffering tempered her as she grew and understood why he raged. He doted on his daughter...