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Book Review of The Widow of the South

The Widow of the South
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Helpful Score: 7


This isn't my usual style of book. I find war and descriptions of what man can do to man very painful to read. As a young person I think I overdosed on photo journal books of the Civil War, Second World war, the concentration camps, and Hiroshima.

That said, I loved this novel. Mr. Hicks story and characters completely involved me. How they interacted with Carrie McGavock, The Widow of the South, made both the people and the story real. These people were so well described, they stood on their own. Even the lesser characters were fully filled in people.

Its the kind of book where I could easily go up to the Author, and thank him.