Mary Desjarlais

Broschiertes Buch

The Cutter's Widow

Beschreibung

The Cutter's Widow is a heartrending novel, set in Saint Paul, Minnesota, against the backdrop of 1915 urban poverty. Ella Byrne is a young widow, gripped by grief and struggling to support herself. She becomes a milliner's apprentice, a baby broker and partners with a local pickpocket. Ultimately, she becomes the focus of attention in a murder investigation by one of Saint Paul's first female police officers. This is story of the devastations of grief and poverty and the quest to make a difference in the world.

Autor

Mary DesJarlais accomplished it all in the Midwest. Born, educated, twice married, twice widowed, she raised two lively daughters, survived a breast cancer siege, and launched a career as a fiction writer with her first novel Dorie LaValle in 2011. Calumet Editions of Minneapolis re-released Dorie LaValle in 2017 and her second novel, The Cutter's Widow, in 2018. Set in Saint Paul in 1916, this second novel is a story of survival, grief and an adoption business gone awry. Mary DesJarlais currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Calumet Editions
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781959770572
• ISBN-10: 1959770578
• Artikelnr.: 67385088