Books by Anzia Yezierska

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.

The target of intense critical comment when it was first published in 1927, Arrogant Beggars scathing attack on charity-run boardinghouses remains one of Anzia Yezierskas most devastating works of social criticism.