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Beyond the Pale : a Novel by Elana Dykewomon, Elana Nachman/Dykewomon is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p><i>beyond The Pale</i> Follows The Lives Of Two Women&#58; Gutke Gurvich, Who Apprentices As A Midwife In A Russian Jewish Settlement Before Immigrating To New York And Joining The Suffrage And Labor Movements; And Chava Meyer, A Russian Jew Whose Birth Is Attended By Gutke.&#160;a Tour De Force Sequence Involving The Infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Is Typical Of This Book's Power. Both Epic And Intimate, The Book Takes Readers Deep Inside Diverse Worlds, With Harrowing And Heroic Stories Of Midwifery, The Russian Pogroms, And Early Lesbian Life. <p></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>with Evocative Background Detail, This Novel By The Author Of The 1974 Lesbian/feminist Classic Riverfinger Women Follows The Lives Of Two Jewish Women Who Flee Russia After The Kishinev Pogrom Of 1903. Teenager Chava Meyer, Orphaned During The Attack, Endures An Excruciating Atlantic Passage With The Relatives Who Have Adopted Her. In The U.s., She Crosses Paths With Midwife Gutke Gurvich, Who Had Attended Her Birth. Both Women Have Strong Memories Of Political Unrest, Anti-semitism And Poverty In Russia, And The Narrative Alternates The Stories Of Their Transformation As They Enter A Ne

Who reads Beyond the Pale : a Novel?

Author

Elana Dykewomon, Elana Nachman/Dykewomon

Publisher

Vancouver: Raincoast Books

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781504052917

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (186 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14