The dollmaker
Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson, 1908-19862017
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Gertie 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 pressed in 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.
Main title:
The dollmaker / Harriette Arnow.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage Classic, 2017.
Collation:
608 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781784871871 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.52
Language:
English
BRN:
1856582
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