The Women of the Copper Country
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Beschreibung
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 “with an important message that will resonate with contemporary readers” (Booklist).
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Rating: 0.1 stars This book is too boring. It starts with an event from the main characters childhood, but it does so with too much detail. It should have started closer to the issues with mining or something more central to the plot to get the reader excited! Just like a movie that is edited for time, this book needs to have many things cut for reading pace. Each chapter starts with a quote from Romeo and Juliet. I didn’t see how the famous love story related to a book about a mining town and people going on strike. An example of slow pacing is found in Chapter 1. There we get WAY too much detail about a man waking up and getting out of bed! “James MacNaughton is a great believer in showers.” This book is part of a book club read, but I will definitely miss that meeting. Here is an exciting passage:Sixty seconds later, he begins his shave, having determined that buying blades for a Gillette safety razor is more efficient and economical than wasting time and money at a public barbershop. This book would probably make a great basis for a movie, if screenwriters edit it and focus on the scenes that make the story interesting. A woman fighting for the rights of people who work in a mining town, and the evil copper bosses they go up against. Some actors could probably win an Academy Award for their portrayals. It’s just that this book is written poorly and takes a fun story and drowns it in all the WRONG details! Here is another example:In the cellar, his maid has been ironing creases from newspapers: the Boston Globe, the Detroit News, and the Chicago Tribune, evening editions of which are delivered overnight on the Calumet & Hecla express train, arriving at the MacNaughton home by six A.M., along with the morning edition of the Daily Mining Gazette and the Calumet News.
Beschreibung
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 “with an important message that will resonate with contemporary readers” (Booklist).
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
Rating: 0.1 stars This book is too boring. It starts with an event from the main characters childhood, but it does so with too much detail. It should have started closer to the issues with mining or something more central to the plot to get the reader excited! Just like a movie that is edited for time, this book needs to have many things cut for reading pace. Each chapter starts with a quote from Romeo and Juliet. I didn’t see how the famous love story related to a book about a mining town and people going on strike. An example of slow pacing is found in Chapter 1. There we get WAY too much detail about a man waking up and getting out of bed! “James MacNaughton is a great believer in showers.” This book is part of a book club read, but I will definitely miss that meeting. Here is an exciting passage:Sixty seconds later, he begins his shave, having determined that buying blades for a Gillette safety razor is more efficient and economical than wasting time and money at a public barbershop. This book would probably make a great basis for a movie, if screenwriters edit it and focus on the scenes that make the story interesting. A woman fighting for the rights of people who work in a mining town, and the evil copper bosses they go up against. Some actors could probably win an Academy Award for their portrayals. It’s just that this book is written poorly and takes a fun story and drowns it in all the WRONG details! Here is another example:In the cellar, his maid has been ironing creases from newspapers: the Boston Globe, the Detroit News, and the Chicago Tribune, evening editions of which are delivered overnight on the Calumet & Hecla express train, arriving at the MacNaughton home by six A.M., along with the morning edition of the Daily Mining Gazette and the Calumet News.