The Dollmaker

A terrifying lesson in US history - and a haunting tragedy' GuardianGertie 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

Product details

• Authors: Harriette Arnow
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781784871871
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-187-1
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Classics, Michigan, 20th Century, North America, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Kentucky, Classic fiction, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, North America (USA and Canada), FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Classic fiction: general and literary