A novel of grief and uncertainty in the face of war.
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A small village in Maine in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War is the setting for Cooney's fifth novel, in which emphasis is placed less on the historic events of the times--the Boston Tea Party, George Washington's appointment as commander of the nascent army, Paul Revere's ride to warn of the approach of the British, and the growth of militias--and more on the effect of these events on the lives of ordinary people. When Tories massacre the Mowlan family of Tibbetston, Maine, in 1774, their friends, neighbors, and family come together to share their grief and then bond together to prepare for the coming war. Following the lives of several different characters, including the sister and brother of the murdered Lavinia Mowlan, and Winnie Goodbridge, a tavern owner who decides to use her personal savings to set up a foundry to make weapons to fight the British, Cooney convincingly shows how each person is changed forever by the violence that has touched his or her life. Nancy Pearl
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A careful, intelligent account of the personal motives behind historical events. Dramatic and instructive. -- Kirkus Reviews
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This is the first of this author's novels that I've read but I logged on to go read more about her. This novel set before the American Revolution draws on the perspectives of many characters tied together by the murder of one family in Maine by the British. It's beautifully written.
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Sarah Dudley, Little John, Jackson Prout, John Avens, Edwin Norwood, York Sawyer, Sarah Pease, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Samuel Leyson, New England, Patrick Rouse, Tobe Firth, Benedict Arnold, Winnie Goodridge, Breed's Hill, Asa Patch, Surrey Road, William Mowlan, The Tory, New York, Lord Percy, Paul Revere, Harvard College, Mary Chambley Browse Sample Pages:
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Sarah Dudley, Little John, Jackson Prout, John Avens, Edwin Norwood, York Sawyer, Sarah Pease, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Samuel Leyson, New England, Patrick Rouse, Tobe Firth, Benedict Arnold, Winnie Goodridge, Breed's Hill, Asa Patch, Surrey Road, William Mowlan, The Tory, New York, Lord Percy, Paul Revere, Harvard College, Mary Chambley Browse Sample Pages:
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