Publisher's Synopsis
Poverty-stricken Brucie Lawrence journeys from rural Illinois to seek her fortune in the bustling mid-nineteenth-century port city of St. Louis, where she forges her own destiny as a skilled craftswoman, lover, mother, and wife.
About the Publisher
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