Street Corner Dreams: A Novel
Written by Florence Reiss Kraut
Narrated by Justine Reiss
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" A suspenseful family saga, love story, and gangster tale, wrapped into one great book club read . . .
Just before WWI, Golda comes to America yearning for independence, but she tosses aside her dreams of freedom and marries her widowed brother-in-law after her sister dies giving birth to their son, Morty.
In the crowded streets of Brooklyn where Jewish and Italian gangs demand protection money from local storekeepers and entice youngsters with the promise of wealth, Golda, Ben, and Morty thrive as a family. But in the Depression, Ben, faced with financial ruin, makes a dangerous, life-altering choice. Morty tries to save his father by getting help from a gangster friend but the situation only worsens. Forced to desert his family and the woman he loves in order to survive, Morty is desperate to go home. Will he ever find a safe way back? Or has his involvement with the gang sealed his fate?
Another stunning work of historical fiction by Florence Reiss Kraut, Street Corner Dreams is an exploration of a timeless question: how much do we owe the families that have sacrificed for and shaped us—and does that debt outweigh what we owe ourselves and our own hopes and dreams for a better life?"
Florence Reiss Kraut
Florence Reiss Kraut is a native New Yorker, raised and educated in New York City. She holds a BA in English and a MSW in social work, and she worked for thirty years as a clinician, a family therapist, and finally CEO of a family service agency before retiring to write and travel widely. She has published stories for children and teens, romance stories for national magazines, literary stories, and personal essays for the Westchester section of The New York Times. She has three married children and nine grandchildren. Street Corner Dreams is her second novel, following the excellent reception of How to Make a Life, her first novel. She lives in Rye, New York, and the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
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