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Kensington
December 2015
On Sale: December 1, 2015
Featuring: Emma Malloy
ISBN: 1617734470
EAN: 9781617734472
Kindle: B00VQFKHEC
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Women's Fiction
In this vibrant new historical novel, the acclaimed
author of The Plum Tree and What She Left
Behind explores one young woman’s determination to put an
end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town… As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River,
Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and
penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her
aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community.
Treated like a servant by her relatives, Emma works for free
in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished
families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and
tools, while those who owe money are turned away to starve. Most heartrending of all are the breaker boys Emma sees
around the village—young children who toil all day sorting
coal amid treacherous machinery. Their soot-stained faces
remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago, and she
begins leaving stolen food on families’ doorsteps, and
marking the miners’ bills as paid. Though Emma’s actions draw ire from the mine owner and
police captain, they lead to an alliance with a charismatic
miner who offers to help her expose the truth. And as the
lines blur between what is legal and what is just, Emma must
risk everything to follow her conscience. An emotional, compelling novel that rings with
authenticity—Coal River is a deft and honest portrait
of resilience in the face of hardship, and of the simple
acts of courage that can change everything.
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