Bread Givers, Anzia Yezierska
Bread Givers, Anzia Yezierska
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Bread Givers
A Novel 3rd Edition

Author: Anzia Yezierska

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/01/2017

Synopsis

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 youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Sarah's struggle towards independence and self-fulfillment resonates with a passion all can share. Compelling and beautifully written, Bread Givers is an essential historical work with enduring relevance.

About Anzia Yezierska

Anzia Yezierska (1882-1970) was born in Poland and came to the Lower East Side of New York with her family when she was nine years old. By the 1920s she had risen out of poverty and become a successful writer of stories, novels, and an autobiography, Red Ribbon on a White Horse. Her novel Bread Givers is considered a classic of Jewish American fiction. Her acclaimed books also include How I Found America: Collected Stories and The Open Cage.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

This is a novel about a poor Jewish immigrant family in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1920’s. The father is devoted to studying the Torah and does not work. So his wife and four daughters are expected to provide for him. The main character and narrator is the youngest daughter who rebels agains......more

Goodreads review by Joey

Even up to this day, in the Philippines, fathers are still considered the head of the family. No matter what happens, he is the one who decides against anything concerning familial problems. It is neither the mother nor the eldest child. It is just him none other than anyone else in the family. Ther......more

Goodreads review by Valerie

This is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. I really enjoyed her writing style. I felt connected to her characters and love the plot. I can totally relate to this story. Her dilemma to choose college over marriage. It was heartbreaking seeing the daughters marry and struggle and become co......more

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