Review "Streets gives us an idea of how the immigrant experience has changed, for better and worse . . . and how it has remained the same." —Los Angeles Times"Written in the stark, naturalistic prose of a born journalist, the book provides a startling, clear-eyed look at the difficult life millions endured in what sentimentalists call a simpler, happier time in America." —Booklist"[Bella Spewack's] voice is strong and individual. Her executors did well to bring the story to publication . . . after her death at the age of ninety-one." —New York Times Book Review"Bella's early skills as a writer are evident in her bitter caricatures of the adults who populated this hallucinatory cityscape. Her talents and determination were her ticket out, though she leaves us mindful of the many others who had no such strengths to draw on, and no such fortunate escape." —The Boston Globe"Streets tells both the history of one immigrant girl's struggle to survive and the general history of Jewish immigration to the lower East Side. . . . Ultimately, Streets . . . represents a triumph of will and spirit." —Jewish Week"Streets gives us an idea of how the immigrant experience has changed, for better and worse . . . and how it has remained the same." ―Los Angeles Times"Written in the stark, naturalistic prose of a born journalist, the book provides a startling, clear-eyed look at the difficult life millions endured in what sentimentalists call a simpler, happier time in America." ―Booklist"[Bella Spewack's] voice is strong and individual. Her executors did well to bring the story to publication . . . after her death at the age of ninety-one." ―New York Times Book Review"Bella's early skills as a writer are evident in her bitter caricatures of the adults who populated this hallucinatory cityscape. Her talents and determination were her ticket out, though she leaves us mindful of the many others who had no such strengths to draw on, and no such fortunate escape." ―The Boston Globe"Streets tells both the history of one immigrant girl's struggle to survive and the general history of Jewish immigration to the lower East Side. . . . Ultimately, Streets . . . represents a triumph of will and spirit." ―Jewish Week Read more From the Back Cover Born in Transylvania at the turn of the century, Bella Cohen Spewack arrived with her mother on the streets of New York's Lower East Side in 1902 when she was three years old. At twenty-three, while working as a reporter in Berlin, she wrote this memoir of her early years. After returning to the United States, Bella and her husband, Sam Spewack, became successful playwrights, most notably for the Tony award-winning Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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I love that book!
this is my favorite book. if anyone has similar taste to me then i highly recommend them to read it.i'm going to describe it as a story of a girl growing into a women on the streets of the lower east side of manhattan. she tells of different jobs and the boarders that her and her mother board to help pay the rent. its very hard for me to describe becuase of 2 reasons 1) you can't describe it you have to read it 2)i read it a year ago.i was getting so into reading it that i never wanted it to end. to last forever. so i tried to do so by reading a limit of pages each day. i live in NYC and by reading the book i had grown a stronger love for the city and thats another reason i loved the book. i also loved the stories she has of her childhood. the down fall of the book? well, it was and made me sad. it was kinda a depressing book. you now. like a heart-acher.it was indeed a pleasure to read and in the future, if you do read it, i hope you enjoy.thats my review! i hope i helped!
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