Overview
The Cold Millions (A Novel) is a current NEA Big Read approved title for 2019-2020. The Big Read is a partnership between National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest. Annually, the NEA Big Read supports approximately 75 dynamic community reading programs, each designed around a single NEA Big Read title.
āOne of the most captivating novels of the year.ā ā Washington PostĀ
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A Best Book of the Year:Ā BloombergĀ | Boston GlobeĀ |Ā Chicago Public LibraryĀ |Ā Chicago TribuneĀ |Ā EsquireĀ |Ā KirkusĀ |Ā New York Public Library |Ā New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) |Ā NPR's Fresh AirĀ |Ā O MagazineĀ |Ā Washington Post |Ā Publishers WeeklyĀ | Seattle Times |Ā USA TodayĀ
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From the #1Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Beautiful RuinsĀ comes another āliterary miracleā (NPR)āa propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century.
An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice,Ā and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time,Ā The Cold MillionsĀ offers aĀ kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams.
The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singerĀ who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a miningĀ magnate determined to keep his wealth and his hold on Ursula.
Dubious of Gigās idealism, Rye finds himself drawn to a fearless nineteen-year-old activist and feminist named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands. Is it enough to win the occasionalĀ battle, even if you cannot win the war?
Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, The Cold Millions is a tour de force from a āwriter who has planted himself firmlyĀ in the first rank of American authorsā (Boston Globe).
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