Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story -- Mary Helen Fein, Paperback Caroline Young Summer has whipped up an

Summer has whipped up an irresistible treat

Track: 14 - The Day We Caught the Train

Wharton delves into dark cultural territory: repressed sexuality

and outbreaks of awe to offer hope

Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story -- Mary Helen Fein, Paperback Caroline Young Summer has whipped up anIt's 1900, and sixteen year old Helen comes alone in steerage across the Atlantic from a small village in Lithuania, fleeing terrible anti Semitism and persecution. She arrives at Ellis Island, and finds a place to live in the colorful Lower East Side of New York. She quickly finds a job in the thriving garment industry and, like millions of others who are coming to America during this time, devotes herself to bringing the rest of her family to join