The Tobacco Wives
A Novel
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 344 pages ; 24 cm
In 1946 North Carolina, seamstress Maddie Sykes, a dressmaker for Bright Leaf's most influential women--the wives of powerful tobacco executives, uncovers dangerous truths about this lucrative industry in a place where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive.
Subjects:
Women dressmakers -- Fiction.
Tobacco use -- Health aspects -- Fiction.
Tobacco industry -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Corruption -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 1945-1953 -- Fiction.
Women dressmakers -- Fiction.
Tobacco use -- Health aspects -- Fiction.
Tobacco industry -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Corruption -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 1945-1953 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780063082939