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The daughters of Erietown : a novel / Connie Schultz.

By: Publication details: New York : Random House Large Print , 2020.Edition: Large print edDescription: 563 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780593215111
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
Summary: "In the 1950s, Ellie and Brick are teenagers in love. A basketball star, Brick could escape his abusive father and be the first person in his working-class family to go to college. But when Ellie becomes pregnant, they marry, she gives up her dream of nursing school, and Brick gets a union card instead. This riveting novel tells the story of three generations in a working-class family; especially Brick and Ellie's daughter Samantha. Illuminating issues facing working-class, Rust Belt people, Erietown also chronicles the evolution of women's lives, and how much people know about each other and pretend not to, the grinding factory work of a smart man in a blue-collar job, and the secrets that explode lives"--Publisher.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Large Print Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves LP FIC SCHU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001201418

"In the 1950s, Ellie and Brick are teenagers in love. A basketball star, Brick could escape his abusive father and be the first person in his working-class family to go to college. But when Ellie becomes pregnant, they marry, she gives up her dream of nursing school, and Brick gets a union card instead. This riveting novel tells the story of three generations in a working-class family; especially Brick and Ellie's daughter Samantha. Illuminating issues facing working-class, Rust Belt people, Erietown also chronicles the evolution of women's lives, and how much people know about each other and pretend not to, the grinding factory work of a smart man in a blue-collar job, and the secrets that explode lives"--Publisher.

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