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Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska

Bread Givers

Anzia Yezierska

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021

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Coming of Age20th-Century Historical FictionJewish Fictionjewish
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Who it’s for
A young woman’s bid for independence brings family conflict into a story of duty and possibility.
Genres
Jewish Fiction, Coming-of-Age, 20th-Century Historical Fiction
Published
Start Publishing LLC, March 23, 2021

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About this book

Bread Givers is a coming of age story set in the 1920s. As the novel begins Sara Smolinsky is a 10-year-old girl whose family has immigrated to New York City from Poland. Her father is an Orthodox rabbi who feels that it is up to his four daughters and his wife to support him as he studies the Torah. Sara watches as her father manipulates and orders her sisters into bad marriages and sees his many business mistakes.

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Determined not to let her father ruin her life as he did her sisters’, Sara sets off on her own path that leads to family conflict, but with a promise of a better life. Masterfully written, a Jewish American Fiction Classic.

Duty and Defiance

A young woman’s bid for independence brings family conflict into a story of duty and possibility.

Come here for

  • A coming-of-age story shaped by family duty and a daughter’s resolve
  • Jewish American fiction set in 1920s New York

Expect

  • A sustained look at generational and family tensions
  • A coming-of-age arc rooted in an immigrant family’s life

Where it sits

Jewish Fiction81%
Coming-of-Age61%
20th-Century Historical Fiction57%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Literary Fiction
  • Jewish Fiction
Authors
Anzia Yezierska
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 23, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
The Classics