The Widow of the South
Robert Hicks
- Tennessee,
- 1864.
- On
- a
- late
- autumn
- day,
- near
- a
- little
- town
- called
- Franklin,
- 10,000
- men
- will
- soon
- lie
- dead
- or
- dying
- in
- a
- battle
- that
- will
- change
- many
- lives
- for
- ever.
- None
- will
- be
- more
- changed
- than
- Carrie
- McGavock,
- who
- finds
- her
- home
- taken
- over
- by
- the
- Confederate
- army
- and
- turned
- into
- a
- field
- hospital.
- Taking
- charge,
- she
- finds
- the
- courage
- to
- face
- up
- to
- the
- horrors
- around
- her
- and,
- in
- doing
- so,
- finds
- a
- cause.Out
- on
- the
- battlefield,
- a
- tired
- young
- Southern
- soldier
- drops
- his
- guns
- and
- charges
- forward
- into
- Yankee
- territory,
- holding
- only
- the
- flag
- of
- his
- company's
- colours.
- He
- survives
- and
- is
- brought
- to
- the
- hospital.
- Carrie
- recognizes
- something
- in
- him
- -
- a
- willingness
- to
- die
- -
- and
- decides
- on
- that
- day,
- in
- her
- house,
- she
- will
- not
- let
- him.In
- the
- pain-filled
- days
- and
- weeks
- that
- follow,
- both
- find
- a
- form
- of
- mutual
- healing
- that
- neither
- thinks
- possible.In
- this
- extraordinary
- debut
- novel
- based
- on
- a
- true
- story,
- Robert
- Hicks
- has
- written
- an
- epic
- novel
- of
- love
- and
- heroism
- set
- against
- the
- madness
- of
- the
- American
- Civil War.
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