Cash, Wiley
The Last Ballad
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571340705
- author:
- Cash, Wiley
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ella May Wiggins' life is turned upside down when her husband leaves again, leaving her to care for their four young children. Desperate for a way to provide for them, she takes a job at a North Carolina mill, working the night shift. As union leaflets begin to circulate, Ella May starts to dream of a better life, one where workers are treated fairly and have a say in their own destiny. However, not everyone shares her hopes. The mill owners, backed by other powerful interests, see the union as a threat to their power and will stop at nothing to crush it. As tensions rise, Ella May finds herself caught in the middle of a battle between those who want change and those who want to maintain the status quo. Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous time in American history, The Last Ballad is a powerful story of one woman's struggle for survival and her quest for a better life.
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