The American Civil War erupts in their yard, leaving the Loren sisters and their friends no choice but to get busy fixin' things. "History viewed through the eyes of people who lived it, with all glamour and patriotism stripped away." Dedicated to "all the women who sacrificed their health, their lives, and their sanity to keep the [Gettysburg National Cemetery] from being a hundred times larger." Seventeen-year-old Megan Loren feels unloved, unwelcome and unwanted except by the one person who should not want her. She plans ...
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The American Civil War erupts in their yard, leaving the Loren sisters and their friends no choice but to get busy fixin' things. "History viewed through the eyes of people who lived it, with all glamour and patriotism stripped away." Dedicated to "all the women who sacrificed their health, their lives, and their sanity to keep the [Gettysburg National Cemetery] from being a hundred times larger." Seventeen-year-old Megan Loren feels unloved, unwelcome and unwanted except by the one person who should not want her. She plans to one day leave the farm that does not feel like home and the elder sister who seems to see her only as a responsibility. Then, The War comes to Loren Farm. Battle lines and love lines cross and counter cross to entangle passions and loyalties and strain family ties as Megan, her sister, her cousin and their friends have no choice but to get busy fixin' things. Lovers and fighters alike will find ample fare to delight their reading palate in this no holds barred tale of human strengths and human weaknesses let loose at Gettysburg - the American Civil War at its awesome/gruesome best.
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