| To Make My Bread Contributor(s): Lumpkin, Grace (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590774361 ISBN-13: 9781590774366 Publisher: M. Evans and Company OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 4.95" W x 7.7" (0.88 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Chronological Period - 1920's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This classic novel, written in the midst of the Great Depression, translates the themes of Balzac to a Southern Appalachian setting. Lumpkin traces the path of the McClure family as they move from living as poor bootleggers in the mountains to living in a mill town, earning a pittance as factory workers. The McClures are navigating the treacherous path of industrialization without a safety net, even as the entire country reels with the effects of the Depression. Lumpkin weaves a story in poetic mountains speech, moving through powerful religious experiences, through lawless love, and reaching a tremendous climax in a mill strike waged with all the desperation of a life and death struggle. Without literary tricks or devices she achieves tremendous emotional effects through sincerity and realism. |