The sweetness of water / Nathan Harris.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316461276
- ISBN: 031646127X
- ISBN: 9780316461276
- ISBN: 031646127X
- ISBN: 9780316461276 : HRD
- ISBN: 031646127X : HRD
- ISBN: 031646127X
- ISBN: 9780316461276
- ISBN: 9780316461276
- ISBN: 031646127X
- ISBN: 9780316362481
- ISBN: 0316362484
- ISBN: 9780316461245
- ISBN: 0316461245
- Physical Description: 363 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Oprah's Book Club 2021" -- cover |
Summary, etc.: | "In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox"-- Provided by publisher |
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Subject: | Freedmen > Fiction. Brothers > Fiction. Farmers > Fiction. Gay military personnel > Fiction. Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Gay fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 57 of 64 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 64 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ansonia Public Library | FIC HARRIS, NATHAN (Text) | 34045120772079 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Babcock Library - Ashford | F Har (Text) | 33110148865783 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Babcock Library - Ashford | F Har c.2 (Text) | 33110148873019 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beacon Falls Public Library | FIC HAR (Text) | 33120146654592 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | FIC HARRIS (Text) | 33750000078896 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F HARRIS, J. (Text) | 32544072736951 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Har (Text) | 33160150500828 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | HARRIS (Text) | 34030150530803 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 02/16/2024 |
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | FIC HARRIS (Text) | 34000151229317 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF HAR (Text) | 33260000527326 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Sweetness of Water : A Novel
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Author Notes
The Sweetness of Water : A Novel
Nathan Harris holds an MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas. The Sweetness of Water , his first novel, was a selection of Oprah's Book Club, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Harris was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree in 2021. He lives in Seattle, Washington.