![]() I am currently on a James McBride kick and am waiting for the Good Lord Bird from the library so that may be my first choice but there are others I will add to my “to read” list. I can’t wait to get one of the books on the list to read. Maybe I have missed something over the years, but I learned so much about the war that I never realized.Īlso, Michelle should add Varina to her already excellent list. The entire book was entirely unique in my opinion. The book also details how she survived the end of the war and her post-war life and relationship with Jeff Davis. Varina was Jefferson Davis’ wife and the story told is clearly her story but the insight into Jefferson Davis and the Civil War itself by a non-combatant and critic of it -Varina-is an important and different view of the war. The New York Times Book Review Horse isn’t just an animal storyit’s a. Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling. The New York Times Book Review Horse isn’t. He wrote the excellent “Varina” which I liked even better than Cold Mountain. Horse by Geraldine Brooks: 9780399562969 : Books Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling. ![]() ![]() You should continue your “read everything by a good author” journey by reading yet another Civil War book by the author of “Cold Mountain” – Charles Frazier. Martha – I agree about both of those books and loved both of them. ![]()
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