Wiley Cash

A Novel

The Last Ballad

Patricia Nelson

I picked up this book because I was looking for something set in North Carolina, and a friend suggested this author, and I'm so glad I did. The book is very well written. So often of late books bop between time periods and characters and if it's not done well, the reader can get a little whiplash. This author does this very very well. The story pulls you in and keeps you there rooting for Ella and the other workers. If you like historical fiction, this is a great book about a little known event that impacted the textile mills in the South. Recently someone mentioned to me how history is written by the winners and the powerful. I was reminded of this when I finished this book and read the interview with the author at the end.

The Last Ballad A Novel

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