Varina
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Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history--culpable regardless of her intentions.
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In lesser hands, there are so many ways this story can go wrong. This bleak fictionalized story about the life of Varina Davis is powerful and thought-provoking, as V deals with the sins of her past as well as the sins of the nation that she helped perpetuate. People often talk about being on the “wrong side of history.” This is the story of such a person, told critically but fairly by a master storyteller.
I didn't love this one as much as Cold Mountain, but it was worth reading, though sad.
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