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 Enemy Women - Paulette Jiles
 Enemy Women - Paulette Jiles ... comes a debut novel of startling power and savage beauty -- an extraordinary story of survival and love in the midst of a torn nation's bitter agony.For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War Between the States is a plague that threatens devastation despite the family's avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare seen at its most terrible on the day the Union Militia arrives to set her house on fire, driving her brother into hiding and dragging her widowed father away, beaten and bloodied. Left to care for two young sisters, Adair sees no road but the one that leads away, as they start out on foot into the winter mountains in search of a safe haven.Newest Review: ... cruelest war we ever had." Cruel may well be a euphemism for the atrocities suffered during the American Civil War, ... more ... yet there was also great courage and strength. With deft narrative skills and the story of one young woman, Ms. Jiles has created an unforgettable portrait of a nation riven by mortal strife. In 1864, the third year of the war, Adair Colley lives with her family on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks. It is Confederate territory but the Colleys remain neutral. Adair has just turned eighteen when the Union Militia gallops onto their property, attempts to burn the house, and strikes her widowed father in the face w...more |
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Enemy Women - Paulette Jiles: A NOT SO CIVIL WAR (822 words)
by - written on 24/04/02 (Very useful, 309 readings)
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WHY I WAS ATTRACTED TO THE BOOK While I don't usually lean toward historical novels, the name of this poet rang a dim bell. It was interesting to me that after several volumes of poetry she had turned to prose, and I wondered why. Shortly thereafter I read that she visited the State of Missouri in an attempt to trace her roots, and was touched by historical data she ran across regarding the American Civil War in that area. Admittedly, I'm a browser in book shops so on my next foray I picked it off the shelf and was hooked after two pages. It turned out to be one of the most well written and emotionally affecting books I've ever come ... Read the complete review
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