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Cheerful, by Request
Hardcover
Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781434488695
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: May 9 2025
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.38
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This collection of short stories captures the inner lives of American women striving to find purpose, dignity, and happiness amid the constraints of early 20th-century society. With wit and emotional depth, these character-driven tales explore factory floors, family kitchens, and boarding houses, painting vivid portraits of resilience and realism. Each story offers a lens into a different world, bound together by a shared struggle for self-expression in a time of rigid norms and silent compromises.
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