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Diane C McPhail
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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"In her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War history--Southern Abolitionists--and the timeless struggle to do right even amidst bitter conflict"--
Mississippi, 1859. Judge Matthews is an abolitionist who runs an illegal school for his slaves, hoping to eventually set them free. One, a woman named Ginny, has become his daughter's companion. When Emily Matthews...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the acclaimed author's mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret—and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other.
"An undercurrent of New Orleans's dark side propels the story, heightening the tension and supplying McPhail with...
"An undercurrent of New Orleans's dark side propels the story, heightening the tension and supplying McPhail with...