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Can I read Wax on EtoBox?
Wax by Therese Ambrosi Smith is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Wax about?
Young women come of age in the shipyards during WWII, only to lose the best jobs they've ever had to returning soldiers after victory. When, post-war, Tilly builds a business making candles, and an arsonist destroys it, she is forced to face the truth about her life. Wax is set in the 1940s, as the seeds of the civil rights and feminist movements are sown - along with victory gardens.
Who reads Wax?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Therese Ambrosi Smith
- Publisher
- Santa Cruz, CA: Blue Star Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780984400072
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.19 / 5 (20 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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