Well written and interesting, the Tobacco wives did a great job at describing both the historical events of the early boom in Tobacco industry and advertising, and the ethical struggle of big business when faced with detrimental truths.

I really liked that it wasn’t a super clean, happily ever after story, but rather dealt with the real war of money/power when truth is brought to light. I thought it was pretty realistic how Mitzy and everyone handled the facts and not unlikely if it were actually a true event. This has so many applications to big money-making businesses more than just Tobacco, and is so accurate, that advertising is trying to benefit the business/executives and not those they market to. We need to do our own research and not just believe what we are fed.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.