Rain Lily (Harper Monogram) [Mass Market Paperback]

Candace Camp (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harper Monogram | Publication Date: July 1993

Arkansas farmer's wife Maggie Tyrrell Whitcomb is caught up in the tides of the Civil War as her brothers choose opposing sides, and she seeks solace in the arms of mysterious drifter.

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Four years after the Civil War has ended, Maggie Whitcomb is barely eking out an existence on her Arkansas farm. All around her, family and neighbors strive to hang on to what little property and spirit they have left. Her 11-year-old son, Ty, is a comforting help, but she still bears the burden of her veteran husband Will, wounded in the war and physically recovered, but whose mind has been sent back permanently to childhood. With determination and spunk, Maggie decides to make the best of a bad situation. Then one night a spring storm blows a handsome drifter into her barn. Displaced and disturbed by the war, Reid Prescott is inclined to keep moving, but against his better judgment, he hires on as a farmhand. Maggie is confronted by conflicting feelings of loyalty to her husband and a yearning for love and soon finds herself embroiled in a struggle between honor and desire. Though the resolution is self-evident, the journey is entertaining: Camp ( Heirloom ) has rendered a poignant image of a South devastated by the war and betrayed by some of its own people, but determined to maintain its dignity and regain its prosperity.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm) (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061080284
• ISBN-13: 978-0061080289
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,318,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very different and very wonderful, November 4, 2005

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stacey renee (rochester new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rain Lily (Harper Monogram) (Mass Market Paperback)

candace camp writes a wonderful story of maggie tyrell, struggling to survive after the civil war with incredible hardship and reid prescott, a ex-confederate soldier barely living day to day trying to forget the horrors of war. Unlike some civil war era books, there isn't much war content. It truly is about loss, despair, courage, strength, honor, faith...it's about our best qualities and our darker side. there were a couple of times it dragged on a bit but the story itself and the twists in it kept me reading.incredibly characters and sensitive, insightful writing....i cried real tears during this one!!