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The last ballad : a Novel by Wiley Cash; OverDrive, Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The last ballad : a Novel about?
Winner of the Southern Book Prize for Literary Fiction Named a Best Book of 2017 by the Chicago Public Library and the American Library Association "Wiley Cash reveals the dignity and humanity of people asking for a fair shot in an unfair world." - Christina Baker Kline, author of A Piece of the World and Orphan Train The New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated A Land More Kind Than Home and This Dark Road to Mercy returns with this eagerly awaited new novel, set in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina in 1929 and inspired by actual events. The chronicle of an ordinary woman's struggle for dignity and her rights in a textile mill, The Last Ballad is a moving tale of courage in the face of oppression and injustice, with the emotional power of Ron Rash's Serena, Dennis Lehane's The Given Day, and the unforgettable films Norma Rae and Silkwood. Twelve times a week, twenty-eight-year-old Ella May Wiggins makes the two-mile trek to and from her job on the night shift at American Mill No. 2 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. The insular community considers the mill's owners—the newly arrived Goldberg brothers—white but not American and expects them to pay Ella May and
Who reads The last ballad : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Wiley Cash; OverDrive, Inc
- Publisher
- William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062313133
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (429 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14