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The Mill of Lost Dreams : A Novel by Lori Rohda is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mill of Lost Dreams : A Novel about?
Between 1870 and 1900, twelve million people immigrated to America. Hundreds of thousands of them came to work in the textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. The Mill of Lost Dreams is a story of love, friendship and sacrifice that provides an inside view into the world of textile mills and the daily life of seven courageous souls who leave home and risk everything for their shared dream of a better life: Angelina and Guido Wallabee, who have left their family's failed farm in Italy; eleven-year-old Miranda Alysworth and her fifteen-year-old brother, Francois, who have escaped from indentured service in Canada; twins Phoebe and Charlie Dougherty, the children of Irish immigrant parents, who, though not yet thirteen, are forced to work in Troy Mill to support their family after their father's untimely death; and eleven-year-old, Anne Kenny, an orphan who's never known where she came from. All but one take jobs in Troy Mill in Fall River. Over the course of seven decades, there are marriages, births, secrets exposed, friendships tested, and innocence lost. Some succeed in making a new life away from harm but pay a terrible price. Many cannot build the life they dreamed of and the
Who reads The Mill of Lost Dreams : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lori Rohda
- Publisher
- She Writes Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781631527203
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
