![]() ![]() Caleb and Prentiss both love people they can’t have. There is a shared longing at the heart of Harris’ novel. A fiery standoff ensues, after which Isabelle emerges as a quiet heroine pursuing ideals of friendship, liberty and justice.ĪLSO IN BOOKPAGE: For the audiobook edition, William DeMeritt performs with such skill that the listener will be able to envision Nathan Harris’ character’s faces just by the way their voices sound. As a deserter, Caleb gives the town one more reason to dislike the Walkers. Work on the farm is well underway when the Walkers’ son, Caleb, unexpectedly returns from war. George’s wife, Isabelle, expects his interest in the brothers to wane, like it has toward all his other ventures. George invites the brothers to join him as paid laborers on his Georgia peanut farm, which incites the ire of his rural neighbors. Nathan Harris’ Civil War-set debut novel, The Sweetness of Water, paints a timeless portrait of warring factions seeking peace.Īs the novel opens, white landowner George Walker encounters brothers Landry and Prentiss, recently freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, on the outreaches of his property. ![]()
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