The Widow of the South

Too many POV changes & it barely held my interest. If youre interested in the Battle of Franklin find a nonfiction book to read on the subject.

I dont know exactly what to say about this book. It was a little oddly written and the story was a bit unnerving even for a war history book. I dont know how much of it was accurate to the way that Mrs. McGavocks personality was, but the way this is portrayed shes rather a very odd duck. And her husband is rather strange too actually. I cant decide if this was an attempt at an actual portrayal of the people, or if it was a poor attempt at being deep and prophetic. I dunno, in the end if you like the history of the battle of Franklin this might be interesting to you. I wouldnt ever read it again but it wasnt the most horrible thing I have ever read either.

This is a little weird. The beginning is fantastic, opening with the Confederates on their way to Franklin where they meet the Union army and a bloody battle ensues. What I love about this is the alternating narratives. In the beginning, it isn't just Carrie, but also Zachariah's narrative on the Co......more

The premise of this book had great potential, as it's based on the true story of Carrie McGavock whose plantation home Carnton was confiscated as a battle hospital during the Civil War's bloodiest conflict the "Battle of Franklin" in 1864. Through the tragedy Carrie, who was already having hardships......more

This was one of the best books I've read this year. It was a beautifully written book about a woman in the south whose home is commandeered and turned into a hospital. It wakes her up from a deep depression and changes her life. In the end, her acreage becomes the cemetary for the thousands of soldi......more

In Robert Hicks's gorgeously written story of Carrie McGavock, a real-life woman whose plantation's proximity to the deadliest encounter of the Civil War, the Battle of Franklin, caused her home to be commandeered as a hospital and thrust her into importance as she cared for thousands of wounded and......more