"The Fat of the Land"

A mother goes from poverty to wealth, expecting happiness but only finding a cruel Catch-22.

Anzia Yezierska wrote about the struggles of female Jewish immigrants in New York's Lower East Side. She confronted the cost of acculturation and assimilation among immigrants. Her stories provide insight into the meaning of liberation for immigrants—particularly Jewish immigrant women.

© 2020 Wilder Publications (Rafbók): 9781515448624

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Rafbók: 10 november 2020