Summary
New York, in the tumultuous 1920s. For thousands of Europeans, the city is the very meaning of the American Dream. So it is for Cetta, a young Italian woman determined to carve out a place in the sun for herself and her son Christmas. Growing up amid rival gangs, violence and poverty, Christmas survives on his dreams and his quick tongue. Hope of a new life dawns when he meets the beautiful, wealthy Ruth.
