description: Gertie, a naive newcomer from Kentucky, develops a unique defense against the ugliness and despair of the city
language: English
title: Dollmaker
titlecomplete: Dollmaker
characters: Gertie Nevels, Clovis Nevels
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3595
places: Kentucky, Detroit, Michigan
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Scribner