The Sweetness of Water
- By: Nathan Harris
- Categories Books , Adults & General Classification , Historical Fiction
- Stock Availability: In Stock
- ISBN: 9781472274410
- Total Pages: 416
- Available Book Formats: Paperback
- Year: 2022
Price:
JOD 10.00
Landry and Prentiss are two brothers born into slavery, finally freed as the American Civil War draws to its bitter close. Cast into the world without a penny to their names, their only hope is to find work in a society that still views them with nothing but intolerance.
Farmer George Walker and his wife Isabelle are reeling from a loss that has shaken them to their core. After a chance encounter, they agree to employ the brothers on their land, and slowly the tentative bonds of trust begin to blossom between the strangers.
But this sanctuary survives on a knife's edge, and it isn't long before a tragedy causes the inhabitants of the nearby town to turn their suspicion onto these new friendships, with devastating consequences.