Moving to the mill city of Lowell in 1832 to escape farm life, young Alice is disillusioned by the local factory's harsh working conditions and struggles to advocate on their behalf while recklessly falling in love with the mill owner's son, a situation that is complicated by a murder and sensational trial.
- ISBN10 0385536496
- ISBN13 9780385536493
- Publish Date 25 February 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Doubleday Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 287
- Language English