Literary Fiction
A Confederate veteran returns to Mississippi seeking marriage and peace, only to face revenge, occupation, and postwar violence.
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A Confederate veteran returns to Mississippi seeking marriage and peace, only to face revenge, occupation, and postwar violence.
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On a spring day in 1865 Gawain Harper trudges toward his home in Cumberland, Mississippi, where three years earlier he had boarded a train carrying the latest enlistees in the Mississippi Infantry. Unmoved by the cause that motivated so many others, he had joined up only when Morgan Rhea's father told Gawain that he would never wed his beloved Morgan unless he did his part in the war effort. Upon his return, he discovers post-war life is far from what he expected. Morgan has indeed waited for hi...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Central courtship and reawakened romance; marriage sought amid conflict
Violence & gore
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Postwar killings, militia conflict, revenge showdowns, and widespread anarchy
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Biblical jubilee allusion in title; period Southern faith references
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Occupation, Confederate resistance, and North-South conflict drive the plot
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Postwar cruelty and honor-revenge; slavery-era and occupation suffering
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