The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited new novel, set in North Carolina in 1929 and inspired by actual events, that chronicles a woman’s struggle for her rights in a textile mill, a moving tale of courage in the face of oppression and injustice, with the emotional power of Ron Rash’s Serena, Dennis Lehane’s The Given Day, and the unforgettable films Norma Rae and Silkwood