Make Me the Sky Wexler Joan
"This remarkable novel takes us through a girl's struggles with adversity from midteen age on an early twentieth century shtetl to womanhood through encounters with abusive uncles, consignment to a…
Specifikacia Make Me the Sky Wexler Joan
"This remarkable novel takes us through a girl's struggles with adversity from midteen age on an early twentieth century shtetl to womanhood through encounters with abusive uncles, consignment to a Budapest brothel and escape to Manhattan's teaming povertystricken lower east side, all rendered with rich attentiveness to family and peer relations and exquisite, historically accurate descriptions of her surrounds. A diary takes the place of an ailing twin as confidante, letters as family interactions. Development has never been more compellingly described than in this gracefully handled account; and one will find no better source for acquainting readers both male and female with the impact and significance of family and friends in the formation of a woman. Nor is there a better account of artistry's taking root as the protagonist moves from an unskilled but literate person