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The sweetness of water / Nathan Harris.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316461276 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 363 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
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| Subject: | Freedmen > Georgia > Fiction. Brothers > Fiction. Farmers > Georgia > Fiction. Gay military personnel > Fiction. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction. Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Harri | 31681010239515 | FICTION | Checked out | 02/06/2026 |
- Baker & Taylor
"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"-- - Grand Central Pub
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER / AN OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK
ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMAâS FAVORITE BOOKS OFÂ 2021Â
Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
Shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Longlisted for the 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Longlisted for the Crookâs Corner Book Prize
In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, âa miraculous debutâ (Washington Post)? and âa towering achievement of imaginationâ (CBS This Morning)about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, foreverâfrom âa storyteller with bountiful insight and assuranceâ (Kirkus)
A Best Book of the Year: Oprah Daily, NPR, Washington Post, Time, Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Chicago Public Library, BookBrowse, and the Oregonian
AÂ New York Times Book Review Editorsâ Choice
A July Indie Next Pick
In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landryâfreed by the Emancipation Proclamationâseek 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.
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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.
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With candor and sympathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of characters, depicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction. Equal parts beauty and terror, as gripping as it is moving, The Sweetness of Water is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances. - Grand Central Pub
AN OPRAH's BOOK CLUB PICK
In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, 'a miraculous debut' (Washington Post)' and 'a towering achievement of imagination' (CBS This Morning)about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever'from 'a storyteller with bountiful insight and assurance' (Kirkus)
A July Indie Next Pick
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.
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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.
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With candor and sympathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of characters, depicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction. Equal parts beauty and terror, as gripping as it is moving, The Sweetness of Water is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances.
