The Dollmaker
Harriette Arnow
Oct 2010 · Simon and Schuster
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The Dollmaker was originally published in 1954 to immediate success and critical acclaim. In unadorned and powerful prose, Harriette Arnow tells the unforgettable and heartbreaking story of the Nevels family and their quest to preserve their deep-rooted values amidst the turmoil of war and industrialization. When Gertie Nevels, a strong and self-reliant matriarch, follows her husband to Detroit from their countryside home in Kentucky, she learns she will have to fight desperately to keep her family together. A sprawling book full of vividly drawn characters and masterful scenes, The Dollmaker is a passionate tribute to a woman's love for her children and the land.
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Have only just finished the book. I read a condensed version of same in a Readers Digest about 20 years ago and always wondered what happened. Now I know, and am moved, emotionally and intellectually. I had thought that Dickens was my yardstick for social commentary but now will have to add Ms Arnow and let her sit up there with all the greats. A most thought provoking novel. It is difficult to believe the characters are figments of an imagination, so alive are they - the whole book is a tapestry and a work of art.
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January 17, 2015
This story accurately tells what it was like for Mountain folk back in the day! My Grandma is from Appalachia this could be her diary! Thought my name was young'un growing up!!
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About the author
Harriette Arnow was born in Wayne County, Kentucky in 1908. From her father, a former teacher who later worked in factories and oil fields, and her mother, also a teacher, Arnow inherited the rich storytelling tradition that inspired much of her written work. She published her first short stories in 1935 under the pseudonym H.L. Simpson alongside a photograph of her brother-in-law to disguise her gender. Her acclaimed novels, Mountain Path, Hunter’s Horn and The Dollmaker, the last considered her masterpiece and a landmark of American fiction. She died in 1986 at age seventy-seven.
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