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Elizabeth Street

Laurie Fabiano

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Jun 26, 2014 ashleyrebeccah rated it really liked it

I was surprised to enjoy this book so much;it was one of the free books through the Amazon Prime lending library so I guess I figured it wouldn't be very good. I did think it was a bit slow to start so I didn't get into it right away. I also thought the switching between periods of time was annoying at first, until the author reveals more of what is going to happen.

I enjoy historical fiction about immigrants in this period, so this book fit the bill. I also didn't previously know much of anythi ...more

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Dec 05, 2013 Kay Green rated it liked it

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Interesting look at the lives of Italian immigrants in the early 1900s in New york City. I probably would have like it more if i had not read The Shoemaker's Wife - which is a much more enjoyable book about the same period in time. Elizabeth Street focused more on the hardships and terrors brought about by the Black Hand which i assume is the precursor to the mafia. Still it was a detailed description of life at that time and based on true events. ...more

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