The funeral dress

Description

"Emmalee Bullard and her new baby are on their own. Or so she thinks, until Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat by her side at the local shirt factory where both women worked as collar makers, insists Emmalee come and live with her. Just as Emmalee prepares to escape her hardscrabble life in Red Chert holler, Leona dies tragically. Grief-stricken, Emmalee decides she'll make Leona's burying dress, but there are plenty of people who don't think the unmarried Emmalee should design a dress for a Christian woman - or care for a child on her own. But with every stitch, Emmalee struggles to do what is right for her daughter and to honor Leona the best way she can, finding unlikely support among an indomitable group of seamstresses and the town's funeral director. In a moving tale exploring Southern spirit and camaraderie among working women, a young mother will compel a town to become a community" -- from publisher's web site

Description

"Leona befriended Emmalee, taught her to sew, and offered a home to the unwed mother. When Leona dies tragically, Emmalee decides to honor her by making her a beautiful funeral dress. While half the town rallies behind her, others try to take her child from her. Emmalee will learn she has more strength that she thought possible"--

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Other Editions

• The funeral dress: a novelB\D\W\Y Broadway Books2013-01-01
• The funeral dress2014