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001			ocn930257209
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093414.0
008			160815r20161931dcua b 000 0aeng
010			_a 2016023954
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781563686689
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dBDX _dOCLCF _dVKC _dR2A _dYDX _dNUI _dWHCCD _dOCLCO _dVF$
020			_a9781563686689 (paperback)
020			_a1563686686 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)930257209
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050	0	0	_aPS 3523 .E124 _bZ46 2016
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100	1		_aLeader, Pauline, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAnd no birds sing / _cPauline Leader ; Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez, editors.
264		1	_aWashington, DC : _bGallaudet University Press, _c2016.
300			_axlix, 228 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Originally published in 1931, this memoir is an unflinching look at the life experience of a woman struggling with identity and isolation. In harrowing yet lyrical prose, Pauline Leader assails her poverty and Jewish heritage and longs to fit in with her "American" peers. Born in 1908, she describes her home life as the daughter of Polish immigrants who run a butcher's market and boarding houses in a small New England town. Frequent beatings and sinister remarks issued by her parents puncture her childhood. At the age of 12, following a long illness, Leader becomes deaf--yet another stigma to bear. As a young adult she journeys to New York City where she struggles to find work in factories and sweatshops and seeks social acceptance among the artists and prostitutes of Greenwich Village. For a time she is held in a reformatory for "wayward" girls. Her strong will and fierce independence areoften thwartedby severe self-doubt, but through it all, she finds solace throughher writing. A new scholarly introduction provides a modern framework for understanding Leader and her times. She persevered and became a published poet and novelist, often drawing on the experiences offered up here. Compelling and evocative, And No Birds Sing deftly reveals a complex, intelligent spirit toiling in a brutal world"-- Provided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
600	1	0	_aLeader, Pauline.
650		0	_aWomen authors, American _y20th century _vBiography.
650		0	_aDeaf women _zUnited States _vBiography.
700	1		_aMills, Mara, _eeditor.
700	1		_aSanchez, Rebecca, _eeditor.
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