{"product_id":"hungry-hearts-anzia-yezierska-9781515448495","title":"Hungry Hearts: Stories of Immigrant Life in New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA vivid portrait of immigrant life in early twentieth-century New York, chronicling aspiration, hardship, and the hunger for dignity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1920, \u003cem\u003eHungry Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e gathers a series of interconnected stories centred on Jewish immigrant families struggling to establish themselves on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Anzia Yezierska writes with urgency and emotional intensity, illuminating the tensions between Old World tradition and New World ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer characters confront poverty, generational conflict, and the demands of assimilation, yet they are animated by fierce intelligence and determination. Mothers and daughters clash over opportunity and propriety; young men and women negotiate education, labour, and marriage in a society that both promises and withholds advancement. Yezierska captures not only material hardship but the psychological strain of seeking self-respect in a culture that measures worth by success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once compassionate and unsentimental, \u003cem\u003eHungry Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a significant work of American immigrant literature, preserving the voices and aspirations of those who helped reshape the nation's social fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anzia Yezierska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1515448495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781515448495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Anzia Yezierska","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439556342015,"sku":"9781515448495","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e71553c3-ffbe-44a3-a17d-d16f49dfd561.jpg?v=1777178330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hungry-hearts-anzia-yezierska-9781515448495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}