Doll Maker the (Reissue)

Harriette Arnow,Harriette Arnow
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
June 9 2009
EAN: 9781439154434
ISBN: 1439154430
Synopsis: This "deeply sincere and moving" (Chicago Tribune) American classic explores the Nevels family and their quest to preserve their deep-rooted values amidst the turmoil of war and industrialization.

When Gertie Nevels, a strong and self-reliant matriarch, follows her husband to Detroit from their countryside home in Kentucky, she learns she will have to fight desperately to keep her family together. A sprawling book full of vividly drawn characters and masterful scenes, The Dollmaker is a passionate tribute to a woman's love for her children and the land.