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Book Club Kit : The sweetness of water (7 copies) Cover Image Book Book

Book Club Kit : The sweetness of water (7 copies)

Harris, Nathan, (author.).

Summary:

"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox"-- Provided by publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316461245 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9780316461245 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 358 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Back Bay trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Oprah's Book Club 2021" -- Cover.
Subject: Freed persons > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
Farmers > Fiction.
Gay military personnel > Fiction.
Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
Brothers.
Farmers.
Freed persons.
Gay military personnel.
Georgia.
Genre: Fiction.
Gay fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Gay fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
APLS BOOK CLUB 813.6 HAR 2022 31291002946935 BOOK CLUB Available -


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