Book
The sweetness of water
Audience Adults
Published 2021 by Little, Brown and Company, New York
ISBN 9780316461276
Bib Id 1107313
Copyright 2021
Edition First Edition.
Description 363 pages ; 25 cm
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LCCN
2021-936041
ISBN
9780316461276 (hardcover)
031646127X (hardcover)
9780316362481 (hardcover) $28.00
0316362484 (hbk.)
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FIC Harris
Author
Title
The sweetness of water
Edition
First Edition.
Publication Information
2021 by Little, Brown and Company, New York :
Copyright Date
©2021
Description
363 pages ; 25 cm
Note
"Oprah's Book Club 2021" -- cover
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"--
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Historical fiction.
Gay fiction.
Novels
Gay fiction.
Novels
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