The plot is bulging with issues but bolstered by intriguing little details about daily life, from how a woman hid perspiration to the making of soap. She also finds herself forced to make a desperate (and astonishing) decision to save all that she loves and values. When the war begins and her father goes off to fight, Evvy takes on the massive burden of running both the house and school. Meanwhile, Evvy uncovers the secrets of both her family’s involvement in the Underground Railroad and that to keep the plantation, her father must sire a son. As the probability of war increases, the precarious balance of running the plantation is upset by the death of Evvy’s youngest sister, leaving their mother almost senseless with grief. Evvy’s family owns a profitable plantation that includes a reputable academy for boys and a smaller school for girls. She learns that she will be stifled by more than her corset. On her 14th birthday, Evvy, the oldest of five sisters, must begin the life of a woman. Less about the Civil War and more about the plight of slaves and the societal constraints placed on women, this is an eventful family saga.
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