Stitching a Life (ePub)
An Immigration Story
(Sprache: Englisch)
It's 1900, and sixteen-year-old Helen comes alone in steerage across the
Atlantic from a small village in Lithuania, fleeing terrible
anti-Semitism and persecution. She arrives at Ellis Island, and finds a
place to live in the colorful Lower...
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It's 1900, and sixteen-year-old Helen comes alone in steerage across the
Atlantic from a small village in Lithuania, fleeing terrible
anti-Semitism and persecution. She arrives at Ellis Island, and finds a
place to live in the colorful Lower East Side of New York. She quickly
finds a job in the thriving garment industry and, like millions of
others who are coming to America during this time, devotes herself to
bringing the rest of her family to join her in the New World, refusing
to rest until her family is safe in New York.
A few at a time, Helen's family members arrive. Each goes to work with the same fervor she has and contributes everything to bringing over their remaining beloved family members in a chain of migration. Helen meanwhile, makes friends andonce the whole family is safe in New Yorkfalls in love with a man who introduces her to a different New Yorka New York of wonder, beauty, and possibility.
A few at a time, Helen's family members arrive. Each goes to work with the same fervor she has and contributes everything to bringing over their remaining beloved family members in a chain of migration. Helen meanwhile, makes friends andonce the whole family is safe in New Yorkfalls in love with a man who introduces her to a different New Yorka New York of wonder, beauty, and possibility.
Autoren-Porträt von Mary Helen Fein
Mary Helen Fein was born in New York City, in 1943. She attended schools in New York and began writing at the age of twelve when her mother died. Writing has ever since been an important part of her life, a way to understand and process life's events. Mary Helen holds a BA in English literature from Temple University and an MS in computer science engineering from the University of Pennsylvania; she also studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, America's oldest art school, for two years. Today she lives in Northern California, where she owns her own website design company, writes, paints, and teaches Insight meditation. In 2014, she published her first novel, Loss of Deliverance-the story of a young woman's adventures in the drug trade during the 1960s.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mary Helen Fein
- Altersempfehlung: 12 - 18 Jahre
- 2020, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: She Writes Press
- ISBN-10: 1631526782
- ISBN-13: 9781631526787
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2020
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