"Ninth Avenue" by Maxwell Bodenheim is a story that drops the reader into the vibrant, but often unforgiving, world of 1920s New York City, using the life of Blanche Palmer to explore the struggles of the working class. The story kicks off on a gritty Sunday morning, introducing Blanche as a young woman pulled in different directions by her desire for freedom and the complicated relationships within her family. As the tale unfolds, readers watch Blanche navigate love and ambition, caught between the boxing dreams of her brother, Harry, her feelings for men like Louis Rosenberg and Fred Roper, and her own search for independence, all while trying to carve out her place in a society that often feels stacked against her.
Ninth Avenue
By Maxwell Bodenheim
Amidst the chaos of city life, a young woman chases her dreams in love and life while searching for independence..
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About the AuthorMaxwell "Bogey" Bodenheim was an American poet and novelist. A literary figure in Chicago, he later went to New York where he became known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians. His writing brought him international notoriety during the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
Maxwell "Bogey" Bodenheim was an American poet and novelist. A literary figure in Chicago, he later went to New York where he became known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians. His writing brought him international notoriety during the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
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