![]() ![]() 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. 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. In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, “a miraculous debut” ( Washington Post) and “a towering achievement of imagination” ( CBS This Morning) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever-from “a storyteller with bountiful insight and assurance” ( Kirkus)Ī New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Longlisted for the 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SUMMER 2021 READING LIST AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK ![]()
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