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Fate Moreland's Widow - A Novel (Hardcover)
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Fate Moreland's Widow - A Novel (Hardcover)
Series: Story River Books
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On a placid Blue Ridge mountain lake on Labor Day Weekend in 1935,
three locals sightseeing in an overloaded boat drown, and the
cotton mill scion who owns the lake is indicted for their murders.
Decades later Ben Crocker - witness to and reluctant participant in
the aftermath of this long-forgotten tragedy - is drawn once more
into the morally ambiguous world of mill fortunes and foothills
justice. The son of mill workers in Carlton, South Carolina,
Crocker is caught between competing loyalties to his family and
future. Crocker wanted more than a rough-hewn life on a factory
floor, so he studied accounting at the local textile institute and
was hired as bookkeeper to the owner, George McCane, a man as
burdened by his familial ties as Crocker and even less prepared for
the authority of his mantel. McCane's decision to renovate the
Carlton Mill and lay off families connected to the Uprising of '34,
one of the largest labor strikes in U.S. history, puts Crocker in
the ill-fitting position as his boss's enforcer. Days after the
evictions, the surprise indictment lands McCane in a North Carolina
mountain jail and sinks Crocker even deeper into the escalating
tensions between mill workers and the owners. While traversing
mountain communities in McCane's defense, Crocker must also manage
the forced renovation of the Carlton Mill, negotiate with labor
organizers led by local hero Olin Campbell, collaborate with
McCane's besotted brother, Angus, and fend off his father's and
wife's skepticism of his own social aspirations. Hanging
distractingly over Crocker's upended life is his burgeoning
infatuation with Novie Moreland - the young widow of one of those
McCane is accused of killing. Though unrequited, Croker's
relationship with Novie proves to be a beacon of hope amid the
shadows of political and social machinations in the darkest chapter
in his long life. As the union retaliates and the McCane murder
trial is settled, it is uncertain who the winners and losers have
been in this generational clash of workers and owners, labor and
capital, those tied to the land and its people and those who
exploit both. When Crocker looks back from 1988 at these two
crucial years in his life in the mid-1930s, he is left to wonder if
he did right by himself and those closest to him. Against all
better judgment, Crocker knows he must seek out Novie Moreland once
more if he is ever to find closure with the past.
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Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Story River Books |
Release date: |
February 2015 |
Authors: |
John Lane
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Foreword by: |
Wiley Cash
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61117-469-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-61117-469-4 |
Barcode: |
9781611174694 |
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