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One of a group of women working as welders in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Rose Arensberg has fallen in love with a disabled veteran while awaiting the return of her husband Sam, a soldier in the American army serving in Europe. As we follow the bittersweet, heartbreaking stories of Rose and her fellow Rosie-the-Riveters, we're immersed in the day-to-day challenges of life on the home front as seen through the eyes of these resilient women, as well...

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Sotto racconta la vita di due sorelle gemelle cresciute nella comunità ebraica del Lower East Side di New York all'inizio del XX secolo. Durante l'adolescenza le sorelle prendono strade diverse: Fanya lavora per una donna che pratica aborti clandestini, mentre Esther, affascinata da danzatrici di burlesque, diventa una prostituta, poi un'attrice affermata. I destini delle due sorelle si separano del tutto. Leela Corman in questo volume descriv...

New York, begin vorige eeuw. De tweelingzussen Esther en Fanya groeien op in een levendige buurt met Joodse immigranten op de Lower East Side. Al vroeg leren ze er de nodige levenslessen. Als jonge vrouwen worden ze allebei opgezogen in een ongewoon bestaan, met alle complicaties van dien. Fanya als assistente van een vroedvrouw die illegale abortussen uitvoert, Esther als prostituee in het bordeel en later als befaamd artieste in de revue. Tw...

A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. For six-year-old Esther and Fanya, the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side circa 1910 are both a fascinating playground and a place where life's lessons are learned quickly and often cruelly. In drawings th...

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Leela Corman's graphic novel Subway Series follows the exploits of Tina, a frustrated sixteen-year-old city girl whose affections are divided between two guys. The problem is, one has an out of town girlfriend and the other is a complete jerk. Add to that a bitchy adversary whom she once called a friend who's out to humiliate her, and now confused Tina doesn't know which way to turn. Subway Series is a teen Sex in the City. Tina doesn't know w...