by Annie Barrows · 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264066695
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«Le secret de la manufacture de chaussettes inusables» is the novel by Annie Barrows, published by 10/18 in paperback (662 pages, in French).
In 1938, Layla Beck, a young woman forced to work, arrives in Macedonia (West Virginia) to write the local history. She stays with the Romeyns, former owners of a burnt-down sock factory. Little Willa wants to uncover family secrets; her aunt Jottie carries a tragedy. The revelations will transform the community.
Novel translated from English by Claire Allain and Dominique Haas; original title: «The Truth According to Us».
For readers of historical and family fiction; narrated with several female voices, also works in book clubs.
Annie Barrows is an American editor and author. She is best known for the Ivy and Bean series of children's books, but she has written several other books for adult readers as well. With her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer she co-wrote The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, which was later adapted into a film.
