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Set in the bustling textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, ‘These Tangled Threads’ follows Daughtie Winfield, a young woman whose quiet life is upended by the attention of a new doctor and the close companionship with Irish artisan Liam Donohue. Together they work to help fugitive slaves. As the mill’s fortunes decline and workers prepare for a strike, Daughtie and Liam must decide whether love can survive the upheaval of the textile industry and the fight for justice.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Tracie Peterson
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