{"product_id":"all-waiting-is-long-paperback","title":"All Waiting Is Long - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara J. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A good selection for book clubs, \u003cem\u003eAll Waiting Is Long\u003c\/em\u003e is set in Pennsylvania coal country in the 1930s, a time of tumultuous change and social unrest, including the rise of the eugenics movement. Barbara Taylor's characters--a cast of nuns and prostitutes, mobsters and miners, social activists and church busybodies--reflect the varying pressures and expectations of small-town life with rich, insightful prose and dialogue that rings true to each character's voice. Will the web of lies the two sisters weave around themselves survive? You'll have to read it yourself to find out. Recommended.\" --\u003cem\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAll Waiting Is Long\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stories of the Morgan sisters, a study in contrasts. In 1930, twenty-five-year-old Violet travels with her sixteen-year-old sister Lily from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her illegitimate child in secret. In doing so, Violet jeopardizes her engagement to her longtime sweetheart, Stanley Adamski. Meanwhile, Mother Mary Joseph, who runs the Good Shepherd, has no idea the asylum's physician, Dr. Peters, is involved in eugenics and experimenting on the girls with various sterilization techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years later, Lily and Violet are back home in Scranton, one married, one about to be, each finding her own way in a place where a woman's worth is tied to her virtue. Against the backdrop of the sweeping eugenics movement and rogue coal mine strikes, the Morgan sisters must choose between duty and desire. Either way, they risk losing their marriages and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel picks up sixteen years after the close of Barbara J. Taylor's debut novel, \u003cem\u003eSing in the Morning, Cry at Night\u003c\/em\u003e--a \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Summer Book of 2014--and continues her Dickensian exploration of the Morgan sisters and other characters of Scranton in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara J. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania, home of the second-largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the country. She has an MFA in creative writing from Wilkes University and teaches English in the Pocono Mountain School District. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaylie Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (editor) is the award-winning author of five novels and a memoir. She teaches writing at two MFA programs and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770640630048,"sku":"9781617754432","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51ef93697827ef5e7ff65f09f6415461.webp?v=1780376031","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/all-waiting-is-long-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}