The Sweetness of Water
Nathan Harris's debut follows two freed brothers and a hidden pair of Confederate lovers in a Georgia town just after the Civil War.
Nathan Harris’s debut is set in Georgia in the final days of the Civil War, as two newly freed brothers find work and shelter on the land of a grieving white farmer. Nearby, two Confederate soldiers carry on a secret love affair. When the town’s prejudices erupt, the fragile new order shatters, in a tender, tragic story of freedom and belonging.
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