"In the spirit \;of "The Known World" and "The Underground Railroad\," a profound debut about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose allianc e will alter their lives\, and his\, forever. In the waning days \;of& nbsp\;the Civil War\, brothers Prentiss and Landry--freed by the Emancipat ion Proclamation--seek refuge on the homestead \;of \;George Walke r and his wife\, Isabelle. The Walkers\, wracked by the loss \;of \;their only son to the war\, hire the brothers to work their farm\, hopin g through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Lan dry\, 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. Parall el to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldier s. The young men\, recently returned from the war to the town \;of&nbs p\;Old Ox\, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is disco vered\, the resulting chaos\, including a murder\, unleashes convulsive re percussions on the entire community. In the aftermath \;of \;so mu ch turmoil\, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader\, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens \;of&nb sp\;Old Ox. With candor and sympathy\, debut novelist Nathan Harris create s an unforgettable cast \;of \;characters\, depicting Georgia in t he violent crucible \;of \;Reconstruction. Equal parts beauty and terror\, as gripping as it is moving\, "The \;Sweetness \;of \ ;Water" is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances.
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