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A domineering silk industrialist clashes with his progressive suffragist wife and his radical unionist brother in early Twentieth Century Paterson, New Jersey where silk magnates rule the city with an iron fist and treat their immigrant laborers as an expendable commodity in their insatiable quest for wealth. Silk Legacy is a story about how the men fought back and how the women battled for suffrage, child welfare and reproductive freedom.
Jealousy, infidelity, arrogance, greed—the characters’ titanic struggles will catapult you into the heights of their euphoria and the depths of their despair. Who will triumph and who will be humbled is not certain until the last page.
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"Richard Brawer uses Silk Legacy to demonstrate his remarkable storytelling skills. Vivid and enticing characters reveal themselves in the exciting and realistic backdrop of the labor movement in the early 1900's. Each personality is thoroughly and uniquely drawn, and leaves a lasting impression. The added historical accuracy is an enjoyable bonus. From start to finish, Silk Legacy is simply a wonderful book. Highly recommended." Nancy Morris for Allbooks reviews
"Silk Legacy is a family saga about the struggle for life during hard times and surviving and trusting family. It's one of the most heart-touching stories I have ever read...I haven't just enjoyed this book, I have loved it from the first page 'till the last one. Richard Brawer has written it in a way that makes you feel like you're inside the story, as if you know the characters, as if they are part of your life...Silk Legacy is a book I won't easily forget." Annick for Euro Reviews
"I loved this book. The characters are so real." Angelica Santomauro, director, The American Labor Museum, Botto House Landmark, 83 Norwood Street Haledon, NJ 07508. The silk strike of 1913 in Paterson, NJ was a real event, and Pietro Botto's House was a major staging point for labor rallies. Angelica Santomauro is an authority on the labor movement in Paterson during the silk era. To paraphrase additional conversations with her, she said, "I have read many books on The Great Silk Strike of 1913 and Silk Legacy is by far the best one I have read."
"Silk Legacy was written so well that I felt all the characters were real. I could not wait to get to the next chapter...I would recommend this book to any of my friends and family." A. J. Cooper for Reader Views. www.readerviews.com
Richard Brawer, in his epic historical Silk Legacy, takes the reader inside a little-known world of the silk industry. Weaving the history by use of a family that is divided between bosses and lay-workers, he does it as skillfully as the looms themselves wove the finest fabrics of the era. He captures not only the feeling of the era, but does it with warmth and affection through a trying love story. His characters are magnificent. I adored them, in spite—or perhaps because—of their shortcomings. Janet Elaine Smith, author of best-selling, award winning Keith trilogy
"Silk Legacy is a fast moving, richly detailed saga....(Brawer) is a deft story teller with a knack for plot twists...(He) combines various plot and character elements to create a large, variegated picture of American society at a combustible moment." New Jersey Jewish News
"We enjoyed your book immensely. You did a great job informing us and holding our interest. 'Silk Legacy' was a smooth read." Sophi for Temple Emanuel of North Jersey Book Club.
“I enjoyed you book. It really was a good read.” Norma L. Topp, leader of the Temple Beth Shalom, San Juan, Puerto Rico, book club.
Rating by Amazon.com readers: 4 1/2 stars out of five
Watch a video of Silk Legacy by clicking on this website:
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