I enjoyed this story of the 2nd wife of Jefferson Davis. An imperfect union, to say the least, they spent a lot of time apart. Told as shared memories with an orphan she had cared for, this account covers her life as a young bride with truly awful inlaws, as the wife of a U.S. Congressman/then Senator, then President of the Confederacy, and finally as a fugitive who relocated to Europe and later New York. Often a sad life, she outlived her husband, most of her friends, and all but one of her children.
