Stunningly detailed, richly plotted, and emotionally engrossing, The Real Minerva is the story of three women forging their own paths in a Midwestern farming community. In 1923, as book-loving Penny

The Real Minerva

Stunningly detailed, richly plotted, and emotionally engrossing, The Real Minerva is the story of three women forging their own paths in a Midwestern farming community. In 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existence until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather's farm. Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora. Suspenseful and moving,The Real Minerva is a remarkable novel about the strength of women and the unexpected bonds that form between them. Mary Sharratt is the author of the much-acclaimed debut, Summit Avenue, and the forthcoming novel The Vanishing Point. A born-and-bred Minnesotan, Sharratt drew on her motherâ€™s and grandmotherâ€™s stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century for The Real Minerva. She now lives in Lancashire, England.

Country	USA
Author	Mary Sharratt
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
EAN	9780618618880
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0618618880
Label	Mariner Books
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	259
PublicationDate	2006-01-13
Publisher	Mariner Books
Studio	Mariner Books
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Real Minerva