The book is currently out of stock
More about the book
In 1924, an orphan train passes through the Midwest, and two teenagers, seeking a new life, find nothing but hardship when taken in to live on a farm in Michigan. Mercy, a teenage girl of mixed race, and a boy nicknamed Rope, who lost fingers in a factory accident, become virtual prisoners of Harlan and Estelle Nau.
Book purchase
A Cold, Hard Prayer, John Smolens
- Language
- Released
- 2023
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Hardcover)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- A Cold, Hard Prayer
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Smolens
- Publisher
- Michigan State University Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 278
- ISBN10
- 161186478X
- ISBN13
- 9781611864786
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- In 1924, an orphan train passes through the Midwest, and two teenagers, seeking a new life, find nothing but hardship when taken in to live on a farm in Michigan. Mercy, a teenage girl of mixed race, and a boy nicknamed Rope, who lost fingers in a factory accident, become virtual prisoners of Harlan and Estelle Nau.