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The Orphan Mother: A Novel

Robert Hicks

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Fiction, Historical fiction

Now in paperback, the epic tale of one remarkable woman's quest for justice from the New York Times bestselling author of THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH and A SEPARATE COUNTRY.

An epic account of one remarkable woman's quest for justice from the New York Times bestselling author of THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH and A SEPARATE COUNTRY.

In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But when her ambitious, politically minded grown son, Theopolis, is murdered, Mariah--no stranger to loss--finds her world once more breaking apart. How could this happen? Who wanted him dead?

Mariah's journey to uncover the truth leads her to unexpected people - including George Tole, a recent arrival to town, fleeing a difficult past of his own - and forces her to confront the truths of her own past. Brimming with the vivid prose and historical research that has won Robert Hicks recognition as a "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle).

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