Synopsis
From the critically acclaimed author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree comes The Glovemaker – a stunning historical novel for fans of Cold Mountain.
For almost four years, men came to my cabin carrying trouble on their backs, each one haunted and looking over his shoulder . . . They showed up during the spring, they appeared...
Details
21 February 2019304 pages
9780230745773Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
The Glovemaker, Ann Weisgarber’s engrossing, troubling, honest-to-goodness third novel, is as stark and touching as the lives described, as tense and testing as the Utah backlands where it’s set, as fine as any fiction you will read this yearJim Crace, author of Harvest and The Melody
A tense, taut, historically faithful taleSaga
Ann Weisgarber is a historian of the first degree, but her true strength lies in crafting sweeping and often poignant fictional narratives of the iconic women who helped settle the American heartland. Ms. Weisgarber, in The Glovemaker, has once again created a heroine of extraordinary grace and courage in a challenging, at times violent, but ultimately sublime landscape.Kathleen Kent, author of The Heretic's Daughter
Weisgarber's exploration of a woman struggling to satisfy her conscience is telling and touchingSunday Times
