The Dollmaker Paperback / softback
by Harriette Arnow
Paperback / softback
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'A terrifying lesson in US history – and a haunting tragedy' GuardianGertie is the young mother of five children – uneducated, determined, strong.
Her only ambition is to own her own small farm in the Kentucky hills where she lives, to become self-sufficient and free. Whenever the struggle to live off the land eases, her inarticulate imagination takes its freedom and flies. Because Gertie is also an artist, a sculptor of wood and creator of beautiful handmade dolls. When the family is forced to move to industrial Detroit, with its pre-fab houses, appliances bought on credit and neighbours on every side, life turns into an incomprehensible, lonely nightmare.
Gertie realises she must adapt to a life where land, family and creativity are replaced by just one thing: the constant need for money. ‘A masterwork… A superb book of unforgettable strength and glowing richness’ New York Times WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOYCE CAROL OATES
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:624 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:02/03/2017
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- ISBN:9781784871871
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:624 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:02/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781784871871