Book 1 of THE BELLS OF LOWELL. The mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, comes to life with intrigue and drama from the creative writing team of Judith Miller and Tracie Peterson. Young women at the end of the 19th century seek employment from driven men intent on transforming America’s textile industry. Daughtersof the Loom features Lilly Armbruster, who is forced to work in the mills as her only … only means for survival. But Lilly’s resentment runs deep against the “lords of the loom”–the men she believes have stolen her father’s farm and caused his premature death. Her animosity happens to include Matthew Cheever, her childhood friend and one-time betrothed. Though separated by their opposing views about the future of the mill and the community that surrounds it, the emotions of their hearts still bind them. Will their dreams for the future allow their fragile love to survive?
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This book helps me to understand the times and history. Relatable, too, when you consider our clashes today with industrialization and progress with our love for the romanticized past and unspoiled nature.
Really enjoyed this book. Reading about the struggles of the early days is very interesting! Good book!
I loved this book!
A good story, easy to read and real characters
I would highly recommend this book–I couldn’t put it down! The characters were so realistic, and the setting for the story itself was wonderful and very believable. The protagonist struggles with America moving from an agrarian country to an industrial nation, and does her best to take it upon herself to change it–one step at a time. She …
Daughter of the Loom book review
authors: Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller
This book was excellent, well written and a good story plot that developed
and kept going in a way that kept me interested all the way through.
This is part of the 3 books, Bells of Lowell series, and this is book one.
The story takes place in 1828, in Lowell, …