Hope Mills: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Pierce, Constance

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0916366820 ISBN 13 : 9780916366827

Editeur : Pushcart Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Pierce Constance

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It is 1959 in Hope Mills, amill town in North Carolina. Cotton is losing the market to the new easy care fabrics, men are losing their jobs, and race relations are on the verge of explosion. Hope Mills' women are trapped economically, socially, and psychologically; at the mercy of their men in a strongly patriarchal society. Young girls live on dreams of escape, yet reality hold them in a firm grip. Told from the perspective of Tollie, who hopes to go to college, and der best friend Lily, who has her sights firmly set on Hollywood, this is a powerful portrait of life in the rural South at the cusp of a new age, and provides a compassionate yet sanguine glimpse at the inner torments and triumphs of two young women facing the challenges of adulthood with tremendous endurance and determination.

Biographie de l'auteur

Constance Pierce is the author of a book of short fiction, When Things Get Back to Normal and a book of poetry, Philippe at His Bath. She teaches at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pushcart Pr
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0916366820
• ISBN 13: 9780916366827
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 311
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible