The red coat
Subtitle: a novel of Boston
By: Dolley Carlson
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9781510743311
Subjects: Irish Americans; Fiction
Description: Irish domestic worker Norah King's decision to ask her wealthy employer, Caroline Parker, for an elegant red coat the Beacon Hill matriarch has marked for donation ignites a series of events that neither woman could have fathomed. The unlikely exchange will impact their respective daughters and families for generations to come, from the coat's original owner, marriage-minded collegian Cordelia Parker, to the determined and spirited King sisters of South Boston, Rosemary, Kay, and Rita.