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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
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 Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 2:42:38 PM
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I just read this gem by Cornelia Nixon in less than 2 days. It is fiction based on actual events of the author's ancestors in Maryland in the time after the Civil War. It eloquently deals with Unionist/Rebel divides within families who live on the border of the Mason-Dixon line, racism, slavery, patronistic social convention, and scandal, all revolving around a feisty "spinster" in her late 20s and her betrothed, a mostly decent man who usually takes the moral high road-except when he most should-and the fallout that ensues. Highly recommeded.
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2010 : 7:16:26 PM
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Thanks Jennifer - I love history based books!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 05:05:00 AM
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Sounds interesting, Jennifer, thanks for sharing about it.
Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 06:19:35 AM
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Sounds interesting - and - I have friends that live in Jarrettsville, MD !!!! I wonder if they have ever heard of this book or read it. I'll have to ask them!
Thanks,
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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