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The tobacco wives : a novel / Adele Myers.

Myers, Adele, (author.).

Summary:
Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who’s just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina—the tobacco capital of the South—where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt’s glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives. But she soon learns that Bright Leaf isn’t quite the carefree paradise that it seems. A trail of misfortune follows many of the women, including substantial health problems, and although Maddie is quick to believe that this is a coincidence, she inadvertently uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise. Maddie wants to report what she knows, but in a town where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive, she doesn’t know who she can trust—and fears that exposing the truth may destroy the lives of the proud, strong women with whom she has forged strong bonds. Shedding light on the hidden history of women’s activism during the post-war period, at its heart, The Tobacco Wives is a deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth." -- Provided by publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063082939
  • Physical Description: 344 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Subject: Women dressmakers > Fiction.
Tobacco use > Health aspects > Fiction.
Tobacco industry > Fiction.
North Carolina > History > 20th century > Fiction.
United States > History > 1945-1953 > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 46 of 49 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 49 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION MYERS (Text) 50687011864926 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MYERS (Text) 50686016147808 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F MYE (Text) 33240005352847 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Mye (Text) 00152742 ADULT Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F MYE (Text) 75011000372539 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaverdale Public Library F M (Text) 31814450622664 BVRM Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Mye (Text) 85131001812743 CACM Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION MYERS (Text) 50688010806868 Adult Fiction Available -
Collinsville Community Library Adults MYE Fiction (Text) 34259000552176 Adult Area Available -
Coplay Public Library FIC MYE (Text) 31961000268850 Adult Fiction Available -

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