About this title: This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Photos.
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Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. Sticker remnants on back. Highlighting and underlining. Price on back punched out. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 297 p. Audience: General/trade. A struggle between a father of the Old World and a daughter of the New. read more
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Clean reading copy, no corner folds, dirty page edges. Stamped front endpaper, price punched out, used college store sticker. No spine creases. Cover worn. Ship daily (carefully wrapped + free domestic dc). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 297 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Some marks, no corner fold, long page marked with previous owner's name. No spine creases. Cover worn. Ship daily (carefully wrapped + free domestic dc). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 297 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover, as shown, owner-name, small amount of underlining in intro, spine NOT creased, tight & clean. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 297 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Who says Jews and Muslims have nothing in common? Anyone who knows anything about orthodoxy just has to read this book to see that orthodoxy in any religion has pretty sucky consequences for women."
"Fascinating. The lovely story of how religion continues to manipulate us, a clear picture of old traditions which somehow disguise themselves and manage to affect the lives of so many people. When I read it, I couldn't help feeling so sad and thinking of the upbringing of many religious families, what seems unlikely is still a reality, how come are we still experiencing the same influences over and over again? is it not high time we stood up to all this nonsense and learn to live according to our own beliefs?"
"Read this in college for a history class. It's a well-written story about an immigrant family in 1920's New York. The author's personal experience shines clearly through the fiction, breathing life into the cast of characters. They reminded me of my grandparents, particularly on my mother's side of the family (who were 1st generation Polish). A very good read."
"Generally, I love this kind of book - historic, female viewpoint, up and out from poverty - something that gives me a bit of perspective not only of how things used to be, but what my own parents faced, and what formed their attitudes and outlook. Considering the age of this book, I know it's a silly thing to gripe about, but there were typos. I'm not talking about the grammar that indicates English as a second language, but just plain typos - the word "in" two times in a row, unnecessarily. The last "e" on a word, missing. That kind of thing. I notice these things; they jolt me and ruin the flow of the book.
Having said all that, for an understanding of a culture, an attitude, a historic perspective, a strong woman, this satisfied THAT craving in me."
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