Rivington StreetThe story of four determined young women in New York in the first two decades of the 20th century who dare to challenge the roles society has designed for them. |
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Page 42
... turned compulsively to all the possible disasters that could befall those she loved . At dusk she came to a hut that looked familiar , but then they all looked the same . What if some stranger were in- side and she alone in the woods ...
... turned compulsively to all the possible disasters that could befall those she loved . At dusk she came to a hut that looked familiar , but then they all looked the same . What if some stranger were in- side and she alone in the woods ...
Page 57
... turned her face away , her mouth tight . The girls leaned stiff as plaster casts against the wall . Sarah's eyes were tense with her mother's fear : This was it then . She would not be able to finish high school . She was thirteen ...
... turned her face away , her mouth tight . The girls leaned stiff as plaster casts against the wall . Sarah's eyes were tense with her mother's fear : This was it then . She would not be able to finish high school . She was thirteen ...
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... turned his back on her . Eight months after they'd come to New York , they got a letter from Shmuel saying Bubbe was ... turned to her husband , needing his love and comfort dreadfully . Sunk in his own misery , he could not respond . He ...
... turned his back on her . Eight months after they'd come to New York , they got a letter from Shmuel saying Bubbe was ... turned to her husband , needing his love and comfort dreadfully . Sunk in his own misery , he could not respond . He ...
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