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The Dollmaker
Author: Harriette Arnow

Book Information

Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback

Rating: 7

ISBN-13: 9780380009473 - ISBN-10: 0380009471
Publication Date: 3/1/1999
Pages: 608

Book Description:

Strong-willed, self-reliant Gertie Nevel's peaceful life in the Kentucky hills was devastated by the brutal winds of change. Uprooted form their backwoods home, she and her family were thrust into the confusion and chaos of wartime Detroit. And in a pitiless world of unendurable poverty, Gertie would battle fiercely and relentlessly to protect those things she held most precious--her children, her heritage...and her triumphant ability to create beauty in the suffocating shadow of ugliness and despair.

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Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary

Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback

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Michelle S. from EL PASO, TX wrote on 8/16/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

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

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Jane J. (cranbery) from BRISTOL, TN wrote on 11/4/2008...

One of the books I have read in the past that has touched my soul!
Ms Simpson Arnow is a master storyteller, and this is a masterpiece!

Linda S. (tchstroo) from CLINTON, IN wrote on 6/7/2007...

This is a fantastic book! A gripping story!

Heidi H. (dutchgirl) wrote on 3/4/2007...

Have not read this one.

Kay P. from CHARLESTOWN, NH wrote on 1/7/2007...

This book is a classic. I found it depressing but very well written. It shows how far woman have come to gain equal rights in marriage. It also shows how much, in hard times, families give up to stay together.

Louise W. from MONCLOVA, OH wrote on 10/8/2006...

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

Kimberly K. (bookpusher) from MARSHFIELD, MA wrote on 7/23/2005...

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

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