I chose to read A Shout in the Ruins by Kevin Powers because of its setting. The time period immediately following the Civil War is not one about which I have read much. How did the promise of emancipation translate to reality? Did it? Has it yet? The tale this book tells is sordid and dark and narrowly focused story surrounding one plantation. I never quite get out from the details to the bigger picture of the history.
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Reviewed for NetGalley.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/01/a-shout-in-ruins.html
Reviewed for NetGalley.
