| Edition |
First Simon and Schuster trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
254, 10 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Prepublication title : The violet blue. |
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Bookclub and author information, [10] p. at end. |
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Includes topics & questions for discussions. |
| Summary |
The violet industry is booming in 1898, and a Hudson Valley farm owned by the Fletcher family is turning a generous profit for its two oldest brothers. But Ida Fletcher, married to the black sheep youngest brother, has taken up wet nursing to help pay the bills, and her daughter, Alice, has left school to work. As they risk losing their share of the farm, the two women make increasingly great sacrifices for their family's survival, sacrifices that will set them against each other in a lifelong struggle for honesty and forgiveness. |
| Subject |
Wet nurses -- Fiction.
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Farmers -- Fiction.
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Married people -- Fiction.
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781451655063 trade pbk. |
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1451655061 trade pbk. |
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