The Funeral Dress

Marc Notes: Includes index.; Leona befriended Emmalee, taught her to sew, and offered a home to the unwed mother. When Leona dies tragically, Emmalee decides to honor her by making her a beautiful funeral dress. While half the town rallies behind her, others try to take her child from her. Emmalee will learn she has more strength that she thought possible--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Emmalee Bullard and her new baby are on their own. Or so she thinks, until Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat by her side at the local shirt factory where both women worked as collar makers, insists Emmalee come and live with her. Review Citations: Booklist 08/01/2013 pg. 29 (EAN 9780307886217, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 09/23/2013 (EAN 9780307886217, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2013 (EAN 9780307886217, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Gilmore, Susan Gregg SUSAN GREGG GILMORE has written for the "Chattanooga Times Free Press," the "Los Angeles Times," and the "Christian Science Monitor," She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and three daughters. This is her first novel.