The Garment Makers Daughter, Hillary Adrienne Stern
The Garment Makers Daughter, Hillary Adrienne Stern
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The Garment Maker's Daughter

Author: Hillary Adrienne Stern

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/28/2018


Synopsis

The Garment Maker's Daughter is a multigenerational saga of immigrant dreams and sweatshop realities, labor strikes and women's rights. It is the story of Lena Rothman, a shirtwaist-maker and active suffragette whose plans get derailed when she falls in love with her best friend's boyfriend; Jake Brenner, a passionate labor organizer determined to lead the shirtwaist-makers on a high-stakes strike; and Daniel Cowan, a brilliant and ambitious night-school student hobbled by a shameful past.

Fate draws them together. Emotions bind them to each other. But secrets will tear them apart. When a devastating blaze engulfs the shirtwaist factory, Lena must fight for her life. And in the chaos of the fire's aftermath, mistakes will be made with consequences and secrets that continue into the next generation. Spanning the first half of the twentieth century, this is a story about unforgettable characters and the threads of friendship, love, betrayal, and redemption that form the fabric of their lives.

About Hillary Adrienne Stern

Hillary Adrienne Stern is a writer and an attorney specializing in employment law. A native New Yorker, she is still passionate about her hometown. Hillary currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and her rescue dog, Darcy. When not writing, she enjoys visiting her two grown daughters in NYC, bicycling, studying Italian, and spending time at her cabin in the Hudson Valley.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynn on December 29, 2016

This is one of the best historical fiction novels I have ever read. The characters are engaging and complex. The writing is polished and lyrical. The plot is delightfully complicated, but never confusing or tedious. Most likely, the best recommendation I can give is that I can't wait for more from t......more

Goodreads review by Thom on June 10, 2017

Love just happens….. It can’t be planned, neither can it be bought nor sold or even traded; it just happens. When it does, for whatever reason, it is pure magic. Like millions of immigrants before them, Twenty-two-year-old Daniel Cowan and seventeen-year-old Lena Rothman looked on Lady Liberty as th......more

Goodreads review by joyce g on November 17, 2017

I very well balanced historical fiction read. The characters are full and lush and the story heroic. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you Goodreads and author Hillary Adrienne Stern for the opportunity to go back in time.......more

Goodreads review by KBE on January 27, 2017

Great story. The Author writes extraordinarily well and is especially talented at conveying her characters' thoughts, moods and actions. The story moves incredibly quickly. Among other things, We get snapshots of immigrant life, particularly Jewish immigrant culture, the labor movement, and New York......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 23, 2018

This was a great story line and I loved the way the characters were developed. But the number of typos made this very distracting for me. At one point, the uncle was even referred to by the wrong name. There's really no excuse for this. I would have given this book 4 stars had it not been for the ty......more