This book was written by a young girl who lived in Poland with her grandmother and brother. Her mother had died and her father went to America to make a better life for his family. Anetka's father sends them a ticket to come to America and tells Anetka that when she arrives in American she will be married to a coal miner friend of her fathers. Anna kept an account of her daily life as a young girl, wife, widowhood and her true happiness that comes from working hard and staying close to family.
This book is a challenging choice.
I enjoyed reading this book. I could understand a lot of the coal mining information as I visited the coal mines in Pennsylvania. It was a hard life for the people who did this kind of work and for the many who still do.
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