The Funeral Dress A Novel

Susan Gregg Gilmore

eBook - 2013

“A rare and wonderful glimpse into lives and friendships among blue-collar working women in America.”—Fannie Flagg, New York Times bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe From the author of The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, a deeply touching Southern novel filled with struggle and hopeEmmalee Bullard is on her own with a new baby. She has no husband, no running water in her house, no know-how about caring for an infant, and no help from her cruel father, who’s furious she got herself into this situation. Only Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat beside her sewing collars on the neighboring machine at the local shirt factory, has befriended her. Much to Emmalee’s wonder, Leona even offers her a pl...ace to live. But before Emmalee can jump at the chance for a better life, Leona is in a terrible accident, and her life is lost, along with Emmalee’s chance for... more