Rose Rosetti, the orphaned daughter of a New York gangster, and Danny Lewis, another orphan, have been brought up by Sara and Abraham Kamisnsky, an elderly Jewish couple with an artificial-flower shop on the lower East Side. Rose works in the shop and Danny, after defeating the ward-bully in a fight, joins the political gang.


Short answer: Yes, but it's a complex and nuanced character study that might not be for everyone. Rose of the Tenements delves into the lives of orphans in 1920s New York, their ri...
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