"A promising but overlong, uneven debut. (First printing of 40,000; author tour)"
A grim story about a tough, resourceful Southern family in the Civil War is somewhat submerged by the weight of lyrical detail piled on the tale, and by the slow pace of the telling. Read full book review >
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