Enemy women.
Enemy women.
By
:
Jiles, Paulette, 1943-
Publication Date
:
2002
Subject Term
:
Canadian fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Summary
:
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 that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women's prison. But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom. Now an escaped "enemy woman," Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise . . . seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780006391722
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Carbonear (ACR) | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC JIL | Checked In |