Review
"Scott tackles the dual subjects any writer on the American South must eventually face: the region's history of race relations and the legacy of the Civil War."
----Raleigh News & Observer
"Once I began this book, I could not put it down. I ate and slept, of course, but in between I read."
----Joel Williamson, Lineberger Emeritus Professor in Southern History, UNC-Chapel Hill, author of The Crucible of Race
"Scott asks readers to think and question not only the world of her novel but our world as well." --RT Book Reviews
"Deepens and enriches our understanding of the two great tragedies of American history--human slavery and the Civil War needed to end it." --Robert Anthony, Curator, North Carolina Collection, UNC- Chapel Hill
"Scott was born in England and raised in Australia, and that makes this book all the more remarkable. She writes in Black dialect and White Tar Heel dialect with ease and skill."
----Fayetteville Observer
----Raleigh News & Observer
"Once I began this book, I could not put it down. I ate and slept, of course, but in between I read."
----Joel Williamson, Lineberger Emeritus Professor in Southern History, UNC-Chapel Hill, author of The Crucible of Race
"Scott asks readers to think and question not only the world of her novel but our world as well." --RT Book Reviews
"Deepens and enriches our understanding of the two great tragedies of American history--human slavery and the Civil War needed to end it." --Robert Anthony, Curator, North Carolina Collection, UNC- Chapel Hill
"Scott was born in England and raised in Australia, and that makes this book all the more remarkable. She writes in Black dialect and White Tar Heel dialect with ease and skill."
----Fayetteville Observer
Product Description
An unforgettable epic novel of the Civil War South from an award-winning author.
From Joanna Catherine Scott comes a sweeping tale of the Civil War, unique in its perspective and exquisitely woven, in which three young Southerners worlds apart are joined in a quest for something greater than themselves.
Eugenia Mae Spotswood, the daughter of a failed aristocrat, longs to regain the life she lost. The slave Tom wants one thing: freedom. After becoming the property of Eugenia Mae, a dangerous affection grows. But he learns freedom is not something she can give him-he must fight for it himself.
Clyde Bricket, the farm boy responsible for Tom's capture, has always believed in the South. But he soon learns that sometimes the only way to redeem yourself is to fight against everything he thought he believed in.
From Joanna Catherine Scott comes a sweeping tale of the Civil War, unique in its perspective and exquisitely woven, in which three young Southerners worlds apart are joined in a quest for something greater than themselves.
Eugenia Mae Spotswood, the daughter of a failed aristocrat, longs to regain the life she lost. The slave Tom wants one thing: freedom. After becoming the property of Eugenia Mae, a dangerous affection grows. But he learns freedom is not something she can give him-he must fight for it himself.
Clyde Bricket, the farm boy responsible for Tom's capture, has always believed in the South. But he soon learns that sometimes the only way to redeem yourself is to fight against everything he thought he believed in.
