Beyond the Silk Mills - Couverture souple

Rupley, Leslie

 
9780990426202: Beyond the Silk Mills
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0990426203 ISBN 13 : 9780990426202
Editeur : Dameliam Books, 2014

Synopsis

Emma, a Jewish immigrant to New Jersey in 1900, dreams of the wealth that will usher her family into high society. She defies the odds for a poor immigrant woman to succeed in her own business ventures, finagling her way to success and prosperity, but at a terrible price. Emma’s husband Meyer distains wealth and has a passion for workers’ rights that stems from his days as a weaver in the Jewish ghetto of Lodz, Poland, where he was an activist in the socialist Labor Bund. When he unionizes his comrades for the historic Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, their lives change forever. Their daughter, Sophie, is forced to choose between her parents, and the choice leads her to the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side, unlikely friendships, pregnancy, and newfound love. Beyond the Silk Mills, is a compelling saga of family discord, ambition, romance, and regret. The Epstein family’s struggle during the early twentieth century in New York City and Paterson, New Jersey, illuminates the roots of modern feminism and contemporary labor issues.

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À propos de l'auteur

Leslie Rupley, oral historian and memoirist, turned to fiction with her debut novel Beyond the Silk Mills. She draws on her childhood experiences in Paterson, New Jersey, the one-time capital of the silk textile industry, where the former mills and Great Falls of the Passaic River that powered them inspired her writing. Leslie lives in Walnut Creek, California, adjacent to an extensive trail system where she likes to spend her early mornings hiking. Her husband Bill, family, and friends are central to her life, but she also reads, knits, travels, volunteers, and has begun work on her sequel novel.

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Éditeur
Dameliam Books
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0990426203
ISBN 13 
9780990426202
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
326
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