In the canon
Hungry Hearts
Anzia Yezierska
- Form
- Form Short Story Collection
- Year
- Year 1920
- Pages
- Pages 200
Hanneh Hayyeh scrubs and paints her tenement kitchen white, spending every dollar she has saved, because her son is coming home from the war and she wants him to walk into something beautiful. The landlord sees the fresh walls, raises the rent, and puts her out on the street.
Through my inarticulate groping and reaching-out I had found the soul—the spirit—of America!
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