The Daughters of Erietown: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 052547935X
- ISBN-13
- 9780525479352
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 481
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Connie Schultz
Description
"In the 1950s, Ellie and Brick are teenagers in love. A basketball star, Brick could escape his abusive father and be the first person in his working-class family to go to college. But when Ellie becomes pregnant, they marry, she gives up her dream of nursing school, and Brick gets a union card instead. This ... novel tells the story of three generations in a working-class family--especially Brick and Ellie's daughter, Samantha"--
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