Crown Publishing
Group|September 3, 2013|Trade Paperback|ISBN: 978-0-307-88621-7
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.
It’s amazing what
a community can do together. The Funeral Dress was a most enjoyable read!
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