Synopsis
From Ann Weisgarber, the critically acclaimed author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, comes The Glovemaker – a stunning historical novel for fans of Cold Mountain.
Winter, 1888. Utah Territory. As glovemaker Deborah Tyler awaits her husband’s long-anticipated return home, a desperate stranger arrives on her doorstep asking for help.
Everything about the man feels wrong. Deborah is sure...
Details
23 January 2020304 pages
9780230745780Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Weisgarber's exploration of a woman struggling to satisfy her conscience is telling and touchingSunday Times
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
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
