A review by rainbowbookworm
A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck

4.0

Ever since I learned about the living conditions of the immigrants who lived on New York's Lower East Side tenements I have enjoyed reading about their plights. In this graphic novel, the narrator is... I believe haunted is the best word... by the spirit of Abraham Cahan, a writer and editor for the Yiddish newspaper The Forward. He shares with her 11 of the letters he received from people seeking advice on various matters as well as his printed responses. The illustrations vary in style and help convey the mood and tone of each letter.

As I finished reading the book, I found myself purchasing a book collection amassing sixty years of the Bintel Brief column. I look forward to reading them.