Hungry Hearts

Vivid stories of Jewish immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side, told with hunger, hope, and unsparing feeling.

At a glance Anzia Yezierska gives voice to newcomers straining between the old world and the… To arrive in America poor and foreign was to hunger for more than bread, and Anzia… Hungry Hearts gathers stories of immigrant life in the crowded tenements of New York's… What it's about Across these tales, newcomers, many of them women, strive for dignity…

Across these tales, newcomers, many of them women, strive for dignity, learning, love, and a foothold in a land that promised much and gave grudgingly.