{"product_id":"9781462831562","title":"East Side Stories: Tales of Jewish Life in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930's","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere was a time gone by yet not known to many of us, which is dredged up and recovered in East Side Stories; this was the time of the Great Depression. In this fictional account, twenty stories in all , we delve into the lives of immigrants and their families who lived in the tenements of the Lower East Side of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is the aged actor who sings and speaks in many voices; there is Orchard Street with its pushcarts; there is the story of a young woman faced with the dilemma of whether or not to agree to a marriage with a much older man, one who has a good steady job. We meet a woman, deserted by her husband, who lives with a gambler who promises to marry her. There is a story of two boys, one Jewish, the other Italian, whose algebra teacher's moods fluctuate up and down. And there is a woman ostracized by her neighbors. There is the story of the girl who hates herself and what she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe meet an entrepreneur who plays every angle to keep his business afloat . Then there is the cross-eyed boy who feels cursed; and the gangsters from Murder Inc. who shoot dice on the street. There is the boy who pines for a girl who lives nearby.  There are stories of events at a junior high school; another of a college student and his black friend, Earl, and their adventure in a Spanish class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is more. And all in all they are a mosaic of those times and that place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157550612720,"sku":"9781462831562","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462831562_p0.jpg?v=1763678571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462831562","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}