by Geoff Cobb 
Since the war erupted in her homeland, Svitlana Geras, who has worked behind the counter at the Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop on Manhattan Avenue here in Greenpoint, has anguished.
Svitlana, who comes from Ternopol, Ukraine is raising two sons aged eight and ten when she is not serving donuts. Her mind these days is anxious, full of thoughts of her mother, cousins, godson, and even her ex, the father of her boys, who…
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Svitlana Geras, has been my FAVORITE ‘server’ since she started at Peter Pan !