The Rebel Wife: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451629524 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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This “gloriously gothic”* novel about a young widow trying to survive in the violent world of Reconstruction Alabama is “history with a heartbeat, lovingly described and yet a true page turner” (Providence Journal).Brimming with atmosphere and edgy suspense, The Rebel Wife presents a young widow trying to survive in the violent world of Reconstruction Alabama, where the old gentility masks continuing violence fueled by hatred, treachery, and still powerful secrets. Augusta Branson was born into antebellum Southern nobility dur
Polites received an MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University, where he was awarded the 2009 Norris Church Mailer Fellowship. . He lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Taylor M
"A distinctive Gothic story of desperation and transformation" according to A Librarian. In his debut novel, Taylor Polites spins a page-turning story of desperation and transformation, set during the unstable Reconstruction Era. Polites' attraction to both historical research and eerie Gothic motifs -terror, darkness, miasma, attraction, and deception- led him to craft something original, a subtle mystery that took me by surprise. I woul. Songs of the South ring through this novel! The Bookish Dame "The Rebel Wife" is an easily entertaining, enjoyable book, and I think many have forgotten that that's important any time we assess the value of literature; it is this singular reason we read at all. Without this primary component, no one would read. If a book cannot entertain, cause us to become "lost in it," in its "other world" liness,then it can'. post Civil War intrigue My certain depictions of the Civil War era radiates from 'Gone With the Wind.' There have not been many novels or even short stories written about what it must have been like to survive those years following the horrors that ripped our country apart in the early 1860's. Other than nonfiction history books accounting the economic hardships and some of
As Augusta awakens to the political and racial tension around her, she realizes that she is caught up in an unexpectedly complicated web. Staying in her socially acceptable place may be the most dangerous thing she can do, but breaking free in an atmosphere of mind-numbing heat and simmering fear isn’t easy. --Meg Kinney . Gothically atmospheric to the teeth, this ominous tale also smartly derives much of its tension from the sinister social and political realities of postwar Southern society. Her husband’s political machinations put her in danger even after his death, and a plague-time anxiety begins to take over the town, furthering her desperation and creeping terror. Her uncle steps in to care for her but becomes frustratingly, then disturbingly controlling and mysteriously hostile. The suspense is exquisitely honed, verging on overdone but