Yonnondio by Tillie Olsen
From the Thirties
A spare, fragmentary portrait of a poor family during the Depression era, focusing on the everyday struggles, deprivation, and small joys of parents and children as they confront unemployment, dangerous labor, and the limits placed on their hopes. Through close, empathetic scenes and shifting perspectives, the narrative illuminates class injustice, gendered expectations, and the ways poverty shapes dreams and relationships, while also capturing moments of tenderness and resilience. The result is a powerful, mournful evocation of working-class life and the bitter cost of survival.
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- Published
- 1974
- Nationality
- American
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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