Most anticipated by USA Today, W Magazine, New York Post, Parade,
Bustle, Buzzfeed, Reader's Digest, and PopSugar and named one of
the best historical fiction books of the year by Cosmopolitan! "A
beautifully rendered portrait of a young woman finding her courage
and her voice."-Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author
North Carolina, 1946. One woman. A discovery that could rewrite
history. Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who's just arrived
in Bright Leaf, North Carolina-the tobacco capital of the
South-where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of
war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland
in full technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of
the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes,
and, most of all, her aunt's glossiest clientele: the wives of the
powerful tobacco executives. But she soon learns that Bright Leaf
isn't quite the carefree paradise that it seems. A trail of
misfortune follows many of the women, including substantial health
problems, and although Maddie is quick to believe that this is a
coincidence, she inadvertently uncovers evidence that suggests
otherwise. Maddie wants to report what she knows, but in a town
where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive, she doesn't know
who she can trust-and fears that exposing the truth may destroy the
lives of the proud, strong women with whom she has forged strong
bonds. Shedding light on the hidden history of women's activism
during the post-war period, at its heart, The Tobacco Wives is a
deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the
power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth.
"This is a story of courage, of women willing to take a stand in
the face of corporate greed, and most definitely a tale for our
times." -Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author
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