{"product_id":"the-funeral-dress-the-funeral-dress-a-novel-9780307886217","title":"The Funeral Dress: The Funeral Dress: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply touching Southern story filled with struggle and hope. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmmalee 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. But just as Emmalee prepares to escape her hardscrabble life in Red Chert Holler, Leona dies tragically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrief-stricken, Emmalee decides she'll make Leona's burying dress. There are plenty of people who don't think the unmarried Emmalee should design a dress for a Christian woman--or care for a child on her own--but with every stitch, Emmalee struggles to do what is right for her daughter and to honor Leona the best way she can, finding unlikely support among an indomitable group of seamstresses and the town's funeral director. In a moving tale exploring Southern spirit and camaraderie among working women, a young mother will compel a town to become a community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with Extra Libris material, including a reader's guide and bonus content\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Gregg Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLooking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Improper Life of Bezellia Grove\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eChattanooga Times Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Nashville, she lives in Tennessee with her husband and three daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410097246482,"sku":"9780307886217","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70a085d1-3d9c-4bf1-b90c-603c590570e9.jpg?v=1729301650","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-funeral-dress-the-funeral-dress-a-novel-9780307886217","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}