Author : Grace Lumpkin
Release : 2014-06-30
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 37X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis To Make My Bread by : Grace Lumpkin
Download or read book To Make My Bread written by Grace Lumpkin. This book was released on 2014-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic novel, written in the midst of the Great Depression, translates the themes of Balzac to a Southern Appalachian setting. Lumpkin traces the path of the McClure family as they move from living as poor bootleggers in the mountains to living in a mill town, earning a pittance as factory workers. The McClures are navigating the treacherous path of industrialization without a safety net, even as the entire country reels with the effects of the Depression. Lumpkin weaves a story in poetic mountains speech, moving through powerful religious experiences, through lawless love, and reaching a tremendous climax in a mill strike waged with all the desperation of a life and death struggle. Without literary tricks or devices she achieves tremendous emotional effects through sincerity and realism.