The Dollmaker
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3.9 • 28 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
The Dollmaker was originally published in 1954 to immediate success and critical acclaim. In unadorned and powerful prose, Harriette Arnow tells the unforgettable and heartbreaking story of 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.
Customer Reviews
A Glimpse of Family
My grandmother was a contemporary of the author, and also grew up in Wayne County, Kentucky. In fact, they were cousins. I remember my grandmother talking about Harriet and keeping well-worn copies of her books. I inherited this books when she passed, a few years ago. I ended up reading his one in e-book format for fear that, of I tried to read grandma's copy, it would fall apart.
Reading this book gave me a glimpse of what life may have been like for my grandparents, and also for my dad, who would have been something like Enoch's age, at that time. I only wish I'd read it while grandma was still alive, so that I could have talked to her about it.