Dollmaker

SKU: 9781784871871
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  • Author:
    ARNOW Harriette
  • ISBN:
    9781784871871
  • Publication Date:
    May 2017
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    618
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Penguin Books
  • Country of Publication:
Dollmaker
Dollmaker

Dollmaker

SKU: 9781784871871
Regular price $39.99
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    ARNOW Harriette
  • ISBN:
    9781784871871
  • Publication Date:
    May 2017
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    618
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Penguin Books
  • Country of Publication:

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A REDISCOVERED AMERICAN CLASSIC

Gertie 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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  • A REDISCOVERED AMERICAN CLASSIC

    Gertie 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

A REDISCOVERED AMERICAN CLASSIC

Gertie 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