On Mission in Martinsville | Linda Prillaman (MACE, 2020)

My husband, Lee, glanced over at me. “Should we retire early? Move to Martinsville?” Martinsville—Lee’s hometown. A town financially devastated by the North American Free Trade Agreement and offshore takeover of the furniture and textile industries. A city whose economic disparity fragmented neighborhoods into the haves and have-nots. “Nope. The beach sounds better.” “Let’s just …

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