Search - The Dollmaker

Hard reading but well worth the effort! Make you very grateful for whatever you may have.

Kentucky woman follows her husband to Michigan during war times so he can work in the factory there. Still in poverty life is very tough. An excellent book, but a little depressing

The story itself is excellent, about the strengths ,dreams and hardships of a displaced Southern family who moved to Detroit during the war to get work in the factories

I loved this book. Ms. Arnow's words goes right to the bone--this is a tough story, about a woman who packs up her children and follows her husband to Detroit so he can find work in a factory. Depression has a strong hold on the country and they have nothing. Leaving the south for Detroit is heartbreaking. But her will and strong heart, her ability to keep moving forward in order to stay alive and together is unmovable. This is a read that you will think about when you eat your next meal. The power of The Dollmaker is strong when the book ends.

I did not care for this book......only read the first 100 pages and it just did not interest me enough to continue reading.

This is a fantastic book! A gripping story!