Vertical City
Author: first_name: Fannie
last_name: Hurst
Language: English
Year: 1922

As the city above soars gloriously skyward, the denizens of the city writhe in its dirty underbelly.<br><br>The Vertical City is a collection of six short stories by Fannie Hurst (American). Each story, tells in gritty, dramatic style, of ugly inner city tragedy: unwed mothers, women doing what they need to do in order to escape poverty, or loneliness… A mother can literally give her life in the attempt to provide a better life for her child, and even then she may fail because her love, protecti