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The Funeral Dress

Susan Gregg Gilmore

Paperback | Pages: 356 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 3840 Users | 528 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Funeral Dress
ISBN:	0307886212 (ISBN13: 9780307886217)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Tennessee(United States)

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A deeply touching Southern story filled with struggle and hope.

     Emmalee Bullard and her new baby are on their own. Or so she thinks, until Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat by her side at the local shirt factory where both women worked as collar makers, insists Emmalee come and live with her.  Just as Emmalee prepares to escape her hardscrabble life in Red Chert holler, Leona dies tragically.  Grief-stricken, Emmalee decides she’ll make Leona’s burying dress, but there are plenty of people who don't think the unmarried Emmalee should design a dress for a Christian woman - or care for a child on her own. But with every stitch, Emmalee struggles to do what is right for her daughter and to honor Leona the best way she can, finding unlikely support among an indomitable group of seamstresses and the town’s funeral director. In a moving tale exploring Southern spirit and camaraderie among working women, a young mother will compel a town to become a community.

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Title	:	The Funeral Dress
Author	:	Susan Gregg Gilmore
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 356 pages
Published	:	September 3rd 2013 by Broadway Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. American. Southern. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary

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Ratings: 3.93 From 3840 Users | 528 Reviews

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A deceptively simple, well-researched book about the women of Southern Appalachia who worked in factories sewing dresses and shirts. It interweaves themes of rural poverty, working women and class distinctions plus a deep sense of community.

2.5 stars. This wasn't my favorite. I liked the sense of community of the ladies working in the factory. How they looked out for each other, had each other's backs but also called the other ladies out when they stepped out of line. I liked how the women stepped up to help Emmalee and I felt like her story was real & well told. I didn't love any of the characters & thought some of the situations were really contrived. Content: lots of mild swearing, a little violence, mentions of sex but

Coming from several generations of sewers, I was eager to see how the lives of rural Tennessee shirt factory seamstresses unfolded. Motherless Emmalee drops out of high school at 16 to work in a clothing factory. She's lived in poverty and social isolation her entire short life.At the factory, she sits next to middle-aged Leona who takes Emmalee under her wing. Leona's unexpected death 3 years later at a critical juncture in Emmalee's life sets up the crisis for this small community. As she

Coming from several generations of sewers, I was eager to see how the lives of rural Tennessee shirt factory seamstresses unfolded. Motherless Emmalee drops out of high school at 16 to work in a clothing factory. She's lived in poverty and social isolation her entire short life.At the factory, she sits next to middle-aged Leona who takes Emmalee under her wing. Leona's unexpected death 3 years later at a critical juncture in Emmalee's life sets up the crisis for this small community. As she

I am here for professional sewers and babies. However Im not very much about horrible gruesome poorly timed death. With everyone and the universe working so hard to screw them over I had a hard time believing we would make it to a happy ending. But we did, Im glad to say.

Red Chert Holler, in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee is a tough place for a young girl to grow up, and Emmalee Bullard has it harder than most. Besides relentless poverty, and harsh living conditions; her father, Nolan, is a mean drunk who wont accept help from anyone even if it means his daughter has to go without. When Emmalee is sixteen she drops out of high school and goes to work at the towns dress factory, where she is paired with Leona, who is one of the best seamstresses in the

A beautifully written, easy read, filled with wonderful, believable characters that I took to my heart. There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book.I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys southern lit which, since joining Goodreads, is fast becoming my favourite genre.