OLDER FICTION
Friesner, Esther

Threads and Flames

(3) YA Raisa leaves her small Polish village to reunite with her sister in America. Hardships greet her and her new friends as they make their way in New York City in 1910, culminating tragically in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The circumstances and outcomes of the disaster as seen through one young woman's eyes create a compelling story.

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