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Anzia Yezierska

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

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Original Title:	Bread Givers
ISBN:	0892552905 (ISBN13: 9780892552900)
Edition Language:	English

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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. Beautifully redesigned page for page with the previous editions, Bread Givers is an essential historical work with enduring relevance.

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Title	:	Bread Givers
Author	:	Anzia Yezierska
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	August 1st 2003 by Persea (first published 1925)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Literature. Jewish. Academic. School

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Bread Givers, by Anzia Yezierska is a compelling book, not only in its vivid descriptions of life in New York City during the 1910s-1920s, but also in its look into an Orthodox Jewish family, and its standards. It is a coming of age story, of the youngest of four daughters, told through her narration.The familial patriarch is Rabbi Smolinksy, and his wife is Shenah, who is in awe of him, despite her nagging manner. His interactions, decisions and doctrine influence his daughters, Fania, Bessie,

A fascinating look into the experience of a first-generation American immigrant, torn between the familial pull of the Old World and the opportunities available in a vibrant New York.Yezierska portrays so well the toxic effect that an overbearing and religiously fundamentalist father has on his wife and daughters, blunting and destroying their chances for personal and professional success and happiness. Sara, the youngest daughter, breaks free of her father to pursue her dreams for education.

I really liked this book. Really. I felt like I was reading a biography and a very believable one of a Jewish immigrant family and how each member adapted or failed to adapt to their new country. Also, how past habits and thoughts hindered success of some. I was fully immersed in this book. A great read.

A story of culture and poverty struggle of an extremly poor, highly religious immigrant family merging into the new culture of the new world : the America. The story took place in 1890s when the Jewish family migrated from Russian Poland to The America with dreams of quick wealth and fortune. Then a cultural war emerge between the conservative, eastern-way of thinking father with a daughter that dreams of going to college at a time where colleges were thought to be only for men and women

I will be teaching a course beginning in September about the immigrant experience in the United States and I came across this book in my research. What an interesting find!Sara Smolinsky is the youngest of four daughters of an Orthodox rabbi from Poland. She watches as her father marries off her older sisters to unsuitable men. She is determined not to be another victim of her father's arrogance and incompetence. She leaves home in order to get an education and become a teacher. Her father

It is important to note that this is not historical fiction, this book was written in 1925 and is semi autobiographical. This is the real life immigrant story, and quite amazing to me. Sara will not give in to the strictures of her tyrannical Orthodox father and goes out on her own, almost unheard of in those years. She gets an education and goes to college!! This is not a spoiler, as the impact of the book is the life of these immigrants, the unbelievable crushing poverty and ignorance! What I

I said it before, but it stands repeating: Coming-of-age stories of young women straining against social inequities are important to tell as long as such inequities exist. Bread Givers places this common narrative in the social context of a Jewish immigrant enclave of early 1900s New York City, and stands slightly above the middle of the pack with the intensity with which Anzia Yezierska imbues the novel.It's said to be heavily autobiographical, and that's easy to believe. There's a palpable