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"""THE FALLEN WOMAN'S DAUGHTER is a compelling, poignant story of mothers, sisters, and daughters spanning three generations from the roaring twenties to the swinging sixties. Starstruck Gertie yearns to escape the dreary mining town of her youth, but a hasty marriage only leaves her a desperate young mother-and when her daughters Nora and Patsy are torn away and sent to a girls' home, they learn to rely on no one but each other. By the time Gertie comes back into their life eager to make amends, Patsy's wildness and Nora's bitterness are ingrained, changing the lives of all three women as war envelops the world and daughters become mothers in turn. Michelle Cox writes flawed, fascinating women with understanding, compassion, and grace-I rooted for them with every turn of the page!""-Kate Quinn, NYT best-selling author ""An addictive read!""-Kirkus Reviews "". . . An emotional tale that grabs you by the throat and carries you through to the exhilarating end."" James Conroyd Martin, author of The Poland Trilogyand Fortune's Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora"

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"Michelle Cox is the award-winning author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, a mystery/romance saga set in 1930s Chicago. She also pens the wildly popular, ""Novel Notes of Local Lore,"" a weekly blog chronicling the lives of Chicago's forgotten residents.Her latest novel, The Fallen Woman's Daughter, is her first foray into women's historical fiction and is based on a story she heard working in a nursing home. She has spent years crafting it into a novel and is delighted to finally share it with the world."

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