Tobacco Wives : HarperCollins : 9798200854257 : 01 Mar 2022 : North Carolina, 1946. One woman. A discovery that could rewrite history. "A beautifully rendered portrait of a young woman finding her courage and her voice."?Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who's just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina?the tobacco capital of the South?where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt's glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives. But she soon learns that Bright Leaf isn't quite the carefree paradise that it seems. A trail of misfortune follows many of the women, including substantial health problems, and although Maddie is quick to believe that this is a coincidence, she