Threads and Flames

It''s 1910, and thirteen-year-old Raisa has just traveled alone from a small Polish shtetl all the way to New York City. It''s overwhelming, awe-inspiring, and even dangerous, especially when she discovers that her sister has disappeared and she must now fend for herself. She finds work in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sewing bodices on the popular shirtwaists. Raisa makes friends and even-dare ...