Threadbare recounts the story of Tillie, an innocent but tenacious young girl who chooses to marry Abe, a lonely widower, rather than follow her farming community north as urban development transforms rural Harlem. Convinced Abe will help her attend high school on the Lower East Side, Tillie faces a rude awakening amidst the filth and disease of the tenements. Through the following decades, she turns her energy and intelligence to partnering with Abe as he builds a thriving button business while she and her neighbor Sadie launch a unique garment company. Pushing back against anti-Semitic Victorian values dominating the time, Tillie acquires wealth only to have her life upended by a devastating, unforeseen challenge.
Author: Jane Loeb Rubin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Level Best – Historia
Published: 05/21/2024
Series: A Gilded City #2
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781685125813
Language: English
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