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Review: Copper Sky: A Gripping Depiction Of Early 20th Century Frontier Life For Two Women 0
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- September 22, 2018
Goodreads Summary The feminine spirit of the West comes alive in early twentieth century Montana. Set in the Copper Camp of Butte, Montana in 1917, Copper Sky tells the story of two women with opposite lives. Kaly Shane, mired in prostitution, struggles to find a safe home for her unborn child, while Marika Lailich, a
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Review: Copper Sky: Fortitude And Hope In An Early 20th Century Western Mining Town 0
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- August 13, 2018
Summary: Butte, Montana, 1895-1917. An explosion following a warehouse fire killed dozens of men and women, orphaning their children. With nowhere else to go, the children crowd into the already full Polly May Home for Kids. Miss Anderson did her best to feed and clothe the children but love and affection were in short supply.
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Review: Copper Sky: A Fresh Approach To A Classically Masculine Genre 0
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- August 3, 2018
Set in Butte, Montana in 1917, Copper Sky is the debut novel of Milana Marsenich, which tells the story of two very different young women whose lives are forever intertwined. Kaly Shane, a prostitute who has found herself pregnant, is forever scarred by the mysterious events of her childhood which impact heavily on her ability
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Review: Copper Sky, Mining Disasters And Women’s Rights In 1917 Montana 0
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- March 28, 2018
One hundred years on – the times have changed, as have our struggles… and nothing reminds us of that more than Copper Sky. Writing as somebody who has had the stability and privilege of 1st world background, this has naturally had some influence over the way in which I have interpreted the book. Some people
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A Baker’s Dozen With Author Milana Marsenich 0
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- February 20, 2018
People like me more now that I bake. It’s true. Baking has leavened my relationships at work, with my neighbors, and with my friends and family, including my mother who passed away several years ago. Baking calms my anger, soothes my grief, and makes me a happier, if slightly larger, person. It’s the extra ingredient
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Review: Copper Sky, An Evocative History Of Butte, Montana 0
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- February 2, 2018
Milana Marsenich has written an evocative history of a specific time and place—Butte, Montana at the turn of the 20th Century—which also embraces critical elements of the contemporary American feminist movement. Blending the two into a narrative which at once informs and entertains the reader is no mean feat. Marsenich’s strong characters are women facing
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