The Winthrop Agreement: A NovelA Paperback OriginalA captivating historical novel set in Gilded Age New York City about an immigrant daughters ascent from a miserable tenement to the heights of haute couture, driven by an insatiable hunger for a place in society and secrets she must not betray. When Rivkah Milmanovitch arrives at Ellis Island, her husband is not waiting for her as promised. Alone and pregnant, she makes her way to the Lower East Side tenement of an old friend.