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An evocative, morally complex novel from the author of The Saint of Swallow Hill, set in rural 19th-century North Carolina, about a woman’s struggle to stay alive during one of America’s most destructive and divisive periods. A story of family unity, running a farm, and the struggle of faith. A history of the United States, perfect for readers of Charles Fraser’s Cold Mountain and Paulette Giles’s The Enemy.
Talk of impending war continued throughout North Carolina, although Joetta McBride paid it no mind. She and her husband Ennis built a simple but happy life for themselves, raising their two sons, Henry, fifteen, and Robert, eleven, on their small farm. They did not support the Confederacy’s stance on slavery, but Joetta considered her family neutral and believed it was not their fight at all.
Her views were not supported by many in the community, including Joetta’s own father-in-law, Rudine. A staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he filled his grandchildren’s minds with stories of the glory of the war and the Southern cause, until one night Henry ran off to fight in the war. At Joetta’s frantic insistence, Ennis sets off to find their son and bring him home.
But soon weeks passed with no news from either father or son, and Joetta became frustrated with the stress of running the farm with little help. As the country sinks further into the aftermath of the war, Joetta finds herself increasingly at odds with those around her—until an act of kindness brings her family to the brink of greater disaster.
Despite being shunned and struggling to survive, Joetta remains true to her principles and believes her family will survive. But for a divided country, for Joetta, and for those she loves, the toughest tests are yet to come. . .
From the publisher
ASIN : B0C3WX5F59
Publisher : Kensington Books (January 23, 2024)
Publication date : January 23, 2024
Language : English
File size : 1099 KB
Text to Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Support
Enhanced typography : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 402 pages
Page source ISBN : 149674070X
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