LEADER 02603nam 2200433 450 001 9910136562403321 005 20230808200024.0 010 $a1-56368-669-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000908097 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4718323 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000908097 100 $a20161026h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnd no birds sing /$fPauline Leader ; Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez, editors 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cGallaudet University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-56368-668-6 330 $a"Originally published in 1931, this memoir is an unflinching look at the life experience of a woman struggling with identity and isolation. In harrowing yet lyrical prose, Pauline Leader assails her poverty and Jewish heritage and longs to fit in with her "American" peers. Born in 1908, she describes her home life as the daughter of Polish immigrants who run a butcher's market and boarding houses in a small New England town. Frequent beatings and sinister remarks issued by her parents puncture her childhood. At the age of 12, following a long illness, Leader becomes deaf--yet another stigma to bear. As a young adult she journeys to New York City where she struggles to find work in factories and sweatshops and seeks social acceptance among the artists and prostitutes of Greenwich Village. For a time she is held in a reformatory for "wayward" girls. Her strong will and fierce independence areoften thwartedby severe self-doubt, but through it all, she finds solace throughher writing. A new scholarly introduction provides a modern framework for understanding Leader and her times. She persevered and became a published poet and novelist, often drawing on the experiences offered up here. Compelling and evocative, And No Birds Sing deftly reveals a complex, intelligent spirit toiling in a brutal world"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWomen authors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aDeaf women$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aWomen authors, American 615 0$aDeaf women 676 $a813/.52 686 $aBIO026000$2bisacsh 700 $aLeader$b Pauline$01248443 702 $aMills$b Mara 702 $aSanchez$b Rebecca 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136562403321 996 $aAnd no birds sing$92893538 997 $aUNINA