The Women of the Copper Country: A Novel [J0263]

2020 - PB Nice clean condition. From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes a novel about "America's Joan of Arc"-the courageous woman who started a rebellion by leading a strike against the largest copper mining company in the world. In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements has seen enough of the world to know that it's unfair. She's spent her whole life in the mining town of Calumet, Michigan, where men risk their lives for meager salaries-and have barely enough to put food on the table for their families. The women labor in the houses of the elite, and send their husbands and sons deep underground each day, dreading the fateful call of the company man telling them their loved ones aren't coming home. So, when Annie decides to stand up for the entire town of Calumet, nearly everyone believes she may have taken on more than she is prepared to handle. Yet as Annie struggles to improve the future of her town, her husband becomes increasingly frustrated with her growing independence. She faces the threat of prison while also discovering a forbidden love. On her fierce quest for justice, Annie will see just how much she is willing to sacrifice for the families of Calumet. From one of the most versatile writers in contemporary fiction, this novel is an authentic and moving historical portrait of the lives of the crucial men and women of the early labor movement.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Very good historical book regarding the miners strike in Calumet Michigan back in the day! Did you know the strike was spear headed by a woman? Great story about her and the other mining families and how they tried to improve life! Recommend."; "An interesting read about what the miners and union families endured."; "This was a really interesting glimpse into the history of the labor movement in the Upper Peninsula which I didn't know anything about before reading this."