When the Jessamine Grows (Donna Everhart - F) soldiers a friend of Elizabeth Keckley’s

a friend of Elizabeth Keckley’s

and searing episodes of memoir

authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D

by Gregory Christianson

In Healing a Divided Nation

When the Jessamine Grows (Donna Everhart - F) soldiers a friend of Elizabeth Keckley’sFrom the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period in American history, perfect for readers of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles. Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though