02653cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000340011324500270014726400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032450000310036050502170039150801560060852011450076453400610190965300180197065300310198865300560201965300260207565300460210185600700214785600430221799900190226071361UtSlPG20260610134642.0mcr n260607r20231923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aYezierska, Anzia,d1880?-197010aChildren of loneliness 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2023-08-070 aMostly about myself -- Children of loneliness -- Brothers -- To the stars -- An immigrant among the editors -- America and I -- A bed for the night -- Dreams and dollars -- The song triumphant -- The Lord giveth.  aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"Children of Loneliness" by Anzia Yezierska is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Rachel Ravinsky, a young Jewish immigrant who struggles with her identity and the cultural clash between her roots in the old world and her life in America. The book explores themes of loneliness, ambition, and the search for belonging in a new and often unwelcoming society.  The opening of the novel introduces us to Rachel, who is grappling with feelings of frustration and alienation from her immigrant family, particularly in their traditional ways of life. As she returns home after studying at Cornell, she finds herself in conflict with her father and mother, who represent her past and the life she is trying to escape. The tension escalates at the dinner table, revealing the deep generational divide and Rachel's struggles to reconcile her dreams with the reality of her family's expectations. This dynamic showcases the broader immigrant experience of seeking acceptance and understanding in a new land while feeling imprisoned by familial ties and cultural heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Cassell and Company, 1923  aShort stories  aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction  aUnited States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction  aImmigrants -- Fiction  aJews, Russian -- United States -- Fiction4 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.308021&view=1up&seq=1040uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71361  c112087d112087