The Tears of Yesteryear: A Novel

De: Julie Tulba

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In the first decade of the 20th century, nearly 10 million immigrants journeyed to America in search of a better life. Thousands settled in Homestead, Pennsylvania, a city where the skies were always black, the steel mills were always roaring, and life was bleak and harsh. One of them, Ewa Piekos, an orphan girl of 15 from Poland, wants simply to be loved and to feel like she is not alone. On the voyage to America, Ewa’s beloved sister dies, throwing her into an emotional tailspin. It’s only after arriving at Ellis Island that Ewa learns the real reason she was brought to the Land of Golden Opportunity. This secret is almost as crushing to her as the moment her sister died. From the time she arrives at Ellis Island, Ewa's life is never an easy one. It is filled with heartache and loss. But her life in America enables her to plant roots which eventually grow with the family she establishes there.

Fortitude

It’s a good story though it was a tad hard to stay with it due to poor narrating. It even glitches a few times. I stayed because I love stories about survival. The unspoken will of a woman trying to be everything in a hard world hits home for me. Most amazingly the story really laced compassion within each character, even the ones you don’t expect to see it from. I applaud the way grace was the inner spirit of the main character. She endured such great emotional pain and always kept her spirits strong. The love plot was most lovely.