Bread Givers: A Struggle Between a Father of the Old World and a Daughter of the New

Bread Givers: A Struggle Between a Father of the Old World and a Daughter of the New image
ISBN-10:

0807607762

ISBN-13:

9780807607763

Author(s): Anna Yezierska
Edition: 0
Released: Jan 01, 1975
Publisher: Persea Books
Format: Paperback, 80 pages
to view more data

Description:

Persea's 25th anniversary edition of this classic of twentieth-century American literature. More than 250,000 copies sold. Set on New York's Lower East Side during the 1920s, this is the moving story of a young woman's struggle to free herself from the traditional female role in an Orthodox Jewish family and society. Sara Smolinksy, the youngest daughter of a rabbi, watches as her father marries off her sisters into dire circumstances, and she vows to escape this fate. She leaves home, takes a job as an ironer, and rents a room with a door: "This door was life. It was air. The bottom starting-point of becoming a person." Sara's rebellion and her struggle for self-fulfillment-for education, work, and a marriage based on love-resonates with a passionate intensity all can share. In this new edition, the original text is retained; the introduction is updated; and a new foreword is added describing the discovery of this important work and the relationship with Yezierska's daughter that followed.











We're an Amazon Associate. We earn from qualifying purchases at Amazon and all stores listed here.