Publication

1995 - Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

94,000 words, Guess

Page Count

376 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1048561
  • LibraryThing111734

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3569.E84 C477 1995

Description

Melinda Kregg comes from a privileged Virginia family, but after her father, ruined by the Depression, kills himself so that his family can live on his insurance money, she knows that the debutante's life that her mother has planned for her will be a sham. Her conscience stirred, she volunteers for the Red Cross, and at the tender age of twenty becomes embroiled in a bloody Kentucky coal miners' strike. Acting out of mercy and concern for the welfare of the impoverished miners' families, she is suspected of being a Communist and dismissed from the Red Cross. And as she goes from this battlefield to others - the Spanish Civil War, where she meets her idealistic husband, Tye Dunston; London during World War II; and back to the South during the civil rights movement - she continues to risk being misunderstood, in order to do what her heart compels her is right.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • ChoicesNan A. Talese/Doubleday1995-01-01

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!