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Author:

Harris, Nathan, author.

Title:

The sweetness of water / Nathan Harris.

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

556 pages (large print) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Freedmen--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Farmers--Fiction.
Gay military personnel--Fiction.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Large type books.

Summary:

"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0316362891
9780316362894

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1256450380

Locations:

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BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)