Portraits: A NovelFrom New York’s Lower East Side to San Francisco, four generations of an immigrant family in America come to life in this New York Times–bestselling saga. In an act of great courage and will, Esther Sandsonitsky leaves her abusive new husband and tiny village on the border between Poland and Germany for the more welcoming shores of the United States. When she makes her way through the throng at Ellis Island, the world is on the threshold of a new century. But Esther is on her own quest: to capture a piece of the American dream for her children, including Jacob, the son she was forced to leave behind. Portraits tells an indelible story of the struggles and sacrifices of a family—and a people—searching for a place to belong. |
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... Beautiful was a dark, rat- infested room on the fifth floor of a five-story building on Rivington Street. Poverty anywhere was ugly, but here it seemed unrelievedly so. At least in the village she'd left in Poland there was a tree, a ...
... Beautiful was a dark, rat- infested room on the fifth floor of a five-story building on Rivington Street. Poverty anywhere was ugly, but here it seemed unrelievedly so. At least in the village she'd left in Poland there was a tree, a ...
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... . " Jacob , I want you should meet Lotte . " With pride she continued , looking at the young girl , " This is our granddaughter . She came last night from Berlin . " Jacob stood mute , looking at the beautiful creature .
... . " Jacob , I want you should meet Lotte . " With pride she continued , looking at the young girl , " This is our granddaughter . She came last night from Berlin . " Jacob stood mute , looking at the beautiful creature .
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A Novel Cynthia Freeman. Jacob stood mute , looking at the beautiful creature . He was wise in the way of many worldly things , but thus far he had never thought of passion . All his sexual drives were tunneled into the business of ...
A Novel Cynthia Freeman. Jacob stood mute , looking at the beautiful creature . He was wise in the way of many worldly things , but thus far he had never thought of passion . All his sexual drives were tunneled into the business of ...
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... not answer . Lotte insisted , " Well , am I ? Say it . " He swung around and faced her . In the lengthening shadows she looked so beautiful and small and vulnerable . It took every bit of discipline not to grab her and hold her.
... not answer . Lotte insisted , " Well , am I ? Say it . " He swung around and faced her . In the lengthening shadows she looked so beautiful and small and vulnerable . It took every bit of discipline not to grab her and hold her.
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... beautiful. America is a good country, and I can hardly wait for you to come and share it with me. I know that will not be too far away because I got a good job. I am going to save most of my money because I am living with my mother, who ...
... beautiful. America is a good country, and I can hardly wait for you to come and share it with me. I know that will not be too far away because I got a good job. I am going to save most of my money because I am living with my mother, who ...
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN | |
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CHAPTER TWENTYONE | |
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