Audacity

Name: Audacity
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Melanie Crowder
ISBN: 9781541433151

Author: Melanie Crowder

Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/26/2019

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Novels In Verse, Biographical

Synopsis

A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, Audacity is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemlich, a spirited young woman who emigrated from Russia to New York at the turn of the twentieth century and fought tenaciously for equal rights. Bucking the norms of both her traditional Jewish family and societal conventions, Clara refuses to accept substandard working conditions in the factories on Manhattan's Lower East Side. For years, Clara devotes herself to the labor fight, speaking up for those who suffer in silence. In time, Clara convinces the women in the factories to strike, organize, and unionize, culminating in the famous Uprising of the 20,000.

Powerful, breathtaking, and inspiring, Audacity is the story of a remarkable young woman, whose passion and selfless devotion to her cause changed the world.

About Melanie Crowder

Melanie Crowder lives on the Colorado Front Range, where she is a writer and educator. She teaches English to non-native-English-speaking students at her local school and holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 09, 2021

2018 F.A.B. Bookclub pick # I.❤️. F.A.B. Wrote in verse; this is a very quick and excellent read on being an immigrant woman in 1900’s America, fighting for women equality and workers rights. It’s a powerful story and one I’d definitely recommend picking up.......more

Goodreads review by Evie on December 13, 2014

A riveting and illuminating story of incredible courage, endurance, persistence and fighting for a better tomorrow - not only for yourself, but for everyone. This is a powerful novel written in verse. It's beautifully told and extremely compelling, but also vividly brutal and oftentimes completely h......more

Goodreads review by Alex on April 13, 2015

Living with her mother, father and three brothers in a shtetl in Russia, young Clara Lemlich's great desire is to go to school and get an education. But in her strict Orthodox Jewish family, education is limited to her brothers, who will follow in the footsteps of their father, praying and studying......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 14, 2018

Read this book! Linger in the thoughtful words and let your mind wander over this amazing story. Clara was a pioneer for social justice who had massive influence on the NY sweatshops. Teachers, get this book in your student’s hands!......more

Goodreads review by Erin on November 25, 2015

Sometimes I struggle with novels in verse, but this was elegantly done, and I found it not distracting at all. It seemed to allow for a lighter touch on some very tough issues - religion, immigration, family dynamics, women's issues, labor issues - that otherwise could have become too heavy and cumb......more