An amazing and horrific account of 1920 packing-house life.
Possible the most detailed and descriptive book I've read. I found a part of myself in each of the characters. The characters so realistically represented victims of society in the early 1920's and their attempt to survive despite impossible circumstances. The tragedies in this book broke my heart, and yet with each day that passed in the lives of the characters, I felt a sense of their victory over defeat and death. Truly a heartwrenching novel--- this book encourages a reader to be thankful for the life they are able to lead and the freedoms and justices they enjoy. 5+ starts for a realistic account of struggling to survive society in a new and strange land.