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Title details for When the Jessamine Grows by Donna Everhart - Available

When the Jessamine Grows

by Donna Everhart
Tiffany Morgan
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Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though Joetta McBride pays it little heed. She and her husband, Ennis, have built a modest but happy life for themselves, raising two sons, fifteen-year-old Henry, and eleven-year-old Robert, on their small subsistence farm. They do not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, but Joetta considers her family to be neutral, believing this is simply not their fight.
Her opinion is not favored by many in their community, including Joetta's own father-in-law, Rudean. A staunch Confederate supporter, he fills his grandsons' heads with stories about the glory of battle and the Southern cause until one night Henry runs off to join the war. At Joetta's frantic insistence, Ennis leaves to find their son and bring him home.
But soon weeks pass with no word from father or son and Joetta is battered by the strain of running a farm with so little help. As the country becomes further entangled in the ramifications of war, Joetta finds herself increasingly at odds with those around her—until one act of kindness brings her family to the edge of even greater disaster.

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  • Release date

    January 23, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9798855513691
      • File size: 360249 KB
      • Duration: 12:30:31

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Tiffany Morgan narrates this novel set during the Civil War in rural North Carolina. Fifteen-year-old Henry McBride steals off to enlist, and his mother, Joetta, sends his father, Ennis, off to bring him home. Joetta's refusal to support either side makes her a target in her community, especially after she performs a daring act of kindness. Morgan's measured cadence brings the rural South to life. She is at her strongest when conveying emotional speeches and conversations: Joetta's pleas for understanding, her father-in-law's tirades in support of the Confederacy, community members' outrage at her purported treason, and young men's desperation to either join the war or escape it. Each character rings true, no matter what side they are on. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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