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    Hunger
    Hunger
    Hunger
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    Hunger

    By Anzia Yezierska

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    A sequel to 'Wings', Peshah gets a job at a shirtwaist factory where one of the workers falls in love with her.

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateOct 21, 2020
    ISBN9781515448464
    Hunger
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    Anzia Yezierska

    Anzia Yezierska was a Jewish American novelist born in Mały Płock, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. She emigrated as a child with her parents to the United States and lived in the immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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