The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
$7.99
The Sweetness of Water
- By: Nathan Harris
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
Publisher's Summary
An Obama Summer Reading Choice and New York Times best seller
An extraordinary novel of life after slavery for listeners of Washington Black, The Underground Railroad and Days without End.
In the dying days of the American Civil War, newly freed brothers Landry and Prentiss find themselves cast into the world without a penny to their names. Forced to hide out in the woods near their former Georgia plantation, they're soon discovered by the land's owner, George Walker, a man still reeling from the loss of his son in the war.
When the brothers begin to live and work on George's farm, the tentative bonds of trust and union begin to blossom between the strangers. But this sanctuary survives on a knife's edge, and it isn't long before the inhabitants of the nearby town of Old Ox react with fury at the alliances being formed only a few miles away.
©2021 Nathan Harris (P)2021 Hachette Audio
Keith Bielamowicz
The most gut wrenching story I have ever experienced.
The dialogue & performance captivated me and then the plot unfolds and I will never forget the tsunami of of emotions the events of the story unleashed in me. Never before had I been confronted with such raw feelings about the events in a novel. This is a beautiful story with characters whose actions result in a conflagration of selfish behaviour. And how much the human spirit can endure to steadfastly pursue a life with purpose with little prospect of success.
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