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Coal River : a novel / Ellen Marie Wiseman.

Summary:
"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."--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781496730015
  • ISBN: 1496730011
  • Physical Description: viii, 357 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Kensington trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Includes a Q&A with the author and a reading group guide.
Includes sneak peek of The Orphan Collector.
Subject: Orphans > Fiction.
Child labor > Fiction.
Poor > Fiction.
Miners > Fiction.
Pennsylvania > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 10 of 13 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Bangor Public Library F WIS (Text) 75011000389681 Adult Fiction Available -
Orwigsburg Area Free Public Library PB WIS (Text) 3OAPL00076927S Paperbacks Checked Out 04/09/2024
Shamokin Coal Twp Public Library Paperback BOOK CLUB BOOK #1F WIS (Text) 23175000599491 Ask At Desk Checked Out 04/10/2024
Shamokin Coal Twp Public Library BOOK CLUB BOOK #1 F WIS (Text) 23175000599418 Ask At Desk Available -
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Shamokin Coal Twp Public Library BOOK CLUB BOOK #1 F WIS (Text) 23175000599442 Ask At Desk Available -
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