The Girl in the Triangle, Joyana Peters
The Girl in the Triangle, Joyana Peters
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The Girl in the Triangle

Author: Joyana Peters

Narrator: Dara Kramer

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/19/2023


Synopsis

There are 740 Days left until the fire that changes industrial history forever.It's 1909. Seventeen-year-old Ruth survived the Russian Revolution and is now finally reunited with her lost love in the New World. All she wants is peace and a new life with her family in New York.But when an uprising of 20,000 women vows to take down a greedy factory owner, can Ruth possibly stay away? Who will survive? And will they ever be the same again?Join the hundreds of readers raving about Joyana Peters' perfect prose and calling this Jewish fiction book a masterpiece. Find out why The Girl in the Triangle was awarded the SCBWI Spark Award for Best YA Fiction, the IBPA Ben Franklin Award for Best Historical Fiction, the Book Excellence Award for Best Multicultural Fiction and was named a Top Five Finalist for Shelf Unbound's Indie Book of the Year!IBPA Ben Franklin Award Winner- "Like Radium Girls and other books detailing how many died before safe labor practices were adopted, this book is a strong addition to historical fiction of this type. Girl In The Triangle presents the reader with a lot to think about: how do we decide about the right attitudes toward gender disputes? How do we "become" Americans? How do we keep traditions alive? All these questions make Girl In The Triangle an excellent historical fiction novel and choice for book groups." - IBPA Feedback"The conversations among the characters led me to give this book 5 stars. They are raw and eye-opening even as the story buds. The Girl In The Triangle is simply a delight to read and will automatically tick the boxes of fans of historical fiction." - Reader Views"That is what historical fiction does for a reader, a slice of history wrapped up in a compelling story that teaches and makes us reflect on the words and our own lives in the stream of time." - Historical Fiction Press Awards

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on December 03, 2021

Ruth, her sister, and her mother finally made it to America to join the men who had left them behind in Russia. They all lived together in one apartment, and all the men and Ruth worked even though her father and her fiancée were against it. Ruth worked in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory where she and......more

Goodreads review by Sue on August 16, 2021

I read about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in history class - years ago - but this book makes it all very real and even more tragic. This is a debut novel by this author and not only is it well researched but the characters are well written and many of them are based on real people. It's 1909 when Ru......more

Goodreads review by Lactivist Anti-Vaccine on July 02, 2021

I came across this book, "The Girl in the Triangle" by Joyana Peters while browsing the Booksprout website for e-ARC (electronic advance reader copy) books that interested me & could be read for free in exchange for an honest & unbiased review — and it was the word "Triangle" in the title that first......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on July 18, 2022

I finished this book in three sittings. Normally, I don't reach for historical fiction, but something about The Girl In The Triangle was so gripping! It blended history with romance and the thrill of the countdown to the day of the fire. The time and research that Joyana Peters put into her writing......more

Goodreads review by JoAnne on May 04, 2023

A heavy read, it got me down and at times putting the book away so I could take a breather. It’s historical fiction, and the real parts are devastating, made more heartbreaking reading how it destroyed lives. Sure the lives lived here were fictional, but they could have been real. Based on real peop......more