Little Bird: A Novel

Newly immigrated, "little bird" seeks a hard-won independence in turn-of-the-century New York City.

In 1910, fearing escalating violence against the Jews in Russia, Feige's father arranges for her to marry a wealthy cousin in New York City. She will no longer be her parents' adored "little bird." As she adapts to life in America, she goes from being an obedient daughter to a dutiful wife, even allowing her new husband to change her name to Fannie. Longing to make her own decisions, her husba...