To Die in Chicago

Nadja Tesich-To Die In Chicago. With A Gritty And Elegiac Precision Nadja Tesich Brings Vividly To Life The Immigrant Experience In East Chicago. With Quick Silver Wit The Story Of A Young Girl Crossing The Threshold To Womanhood Unfolds As She Learns The Bitter Trade-Off Between What Is Irretrievably Lost And What Is Gained As She And Her Family Confront The Grim Reality Of Living The American Dream. -Charles Ruas Author Of Conversations With American Writers.. Praise For To Die In Chicago. As Seen Through The Eyes Of An Innocent And Idealistic 16-Year-Old Immigrant Girl From Yugoslavia A Tale Of Disillusionment Struggle And Resistance In The American Heartland Of The 1950'S. Beautifullytold Deeply Felt.-Artist And Writer Rebecca Clare. This Book Surpasses Nadja Tesich'S Previous Brilliant Works Shadow Partisan And Native Land--She Is An Interesting Literary Treasure.-Laura Shane Cunningham Author Of Sleeping Arrangements. Praise For Nadja Tesich And Native Land. A Vivid Engrossing Work Of Memory And Observation. The Honesty Of The Girls Perceptions-Particularly Those Around Issues Of Politics And Womanliness-Make The Writing All The More Sympathetic.-Philip Lopate