The Tobacco Wives (Large Print)

#1 New York Times bestselling author

Maddie Sykes is a promising seamstress who's just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina - the tobacco capital of the South - where her aunt as a thriving sewing business. Bright Lear is a prosperous wonderland in full Technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers and her aunt's glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives.

But she soon learns Bright Leaf isn't quite the carefree paradise that is seems: a trail of misfortune follows many of the women. Although Maddie is quick to believe this is a coincidence, she inadvertently uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise. She wants to report what she knows, but in a town where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive, Maddie doesn't know where to turn or who she can trust.

Shedding light on the hidden history of women's activism during the postwar period, at its heart, The Tobacco Wives is a deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth.