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by Marga Minco
The address
 Born Sara Menco
31 March 1920 (age 95)
Ginneken, Netherlands
 Pen name Marga Minco
 Occupation Journalist,
writer Language Dutch
Her real surname
was Menco, but an
official accidentally
switched the first vowel.
 This short story is a poignant account of a
daughter who goes in search of her mothers
’s belongings after the war ,in Holland .
 When she finds them ,the object evokes
memories of her old life.
 However she decides to leave them all behind
and resolves to move
 Mrs. S is dead
The address by marga menco class 11
The address by marga menco class 11

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The address by marga menco class 11

  • 2.  Born Sara Menco 31 March 1920 (age 95) Ginneken, Netherlands  Pen name Marga Minco  Occupation Journalist, writer Language Dutch Her real surname was Menco, but an official accidentally switched the first vowel.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.  This short story is a poignant account of a daughter who goes in search of her mothers ’s belongings after the war ,in Holland .  When she finds them ,the object evokes memories of her old life.  However she decides to leave them all behind and resolves to move
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.  Mrs. S is dead