Holding the Line by Barbara Kingsolver

Format:Paperback / softback 320 pages
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Edition:Main
ISBN:9780571392094
Published:8 May 2025
Classifications:Arizona, c 1970 to c 1980, History of the Americas, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Industrialisation & industrial history, Feminism & feminist theory, Political economy, Mining industry, Industrial relations, health & safety
Weight:264g
Dimensions:129 x 198 x 22 (mm)

Description
FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DEMON COPPHERHEADFROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEFROM THE TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE'[Kingsolver] means to save us by telling us stories . . .

She comes closer than anyone else I know.' ANNE PATCHETT'A mesmerising account of women finding their voices.' THE TIMES'A jaw-dropping and warm-hearted read.' WOMAN & HOMEA true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 - now available for the first time in the UK. In the summer of 1983, Barbara Kingsolver was assigned to cover the Phelps Dodge mine strike as a freelance journalist. Over the year that followed, she recorded stories of striking miners and their stunningly courageous wives, sisters and daughters.

She saw rights she'd taken for granted denied to people she had learned to care about, and she was determined to share their voices. This is the true story of the courageous women and girls who held the line, who discovered themselves in their fight for rights, and of Kingsolver's commitment to showing the sparks that fly when the flint of force strikes against human mettle. 'Readers will discover what made Kingsolver the novelist she is now.' NEW STATESMAN