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In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City, Louisiana, eleven-year-old Elias Abrams loses his mother to yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled in the street life of New Orleans. After Elias is falsely accused of a crime, and in order to escape arrest, he enlists in the Third Louisiana Regiment, where three thousand other Jews will ultimately fight for the Confederacy. Before long, though, Elias' past catches up with him, and he realizes that he must face his demons, or lose the woman he loves.… (plus d'informations)
I'm generally a sucker for Civil War and coming of age novels, but it took longer than usual to care about this character, Elias Abrams. I did, however, appreciate following Elias as he grew up and changed.
(I listened to this on playaway, which I don't think was a major issue one wy or the other in the enjoyment.) ( )
Good book, the storyline feels familiar, but throws in a few twists and turns so that it surprises the reader and keeps them interested. I just love how some people are able to have such hope in such dire situations sometimes and this book capitalizes on that. ( )
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Beyond the walls of the Vieux Carre where his mother sells her greens, beyond the deep fetid stink of Gallatin Street's brothels and the crotches of its whores, it swindlers and inebriates and roving gangs of violent footpads, Elias Abrams fears for the first time that he might lose himself to the sky above.
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A decade after his first visit to the land, he walk easily, looking above the soil his mother once taught him to admire, for even though the land throughout his life has forever grounded him, the crops Elias Abrams will one day reap from it meant little without those heavens toward which to aspire.
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Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City, Louisiana, eleven-year-old Elias Abrams loses his mother to yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled in the street life of New Orleans. After Elias is falsely accused of a crime, and in order to escape arrest, he enlists in the Third Louisiana Regiment, where three thousand other Jews will ultimately fight for the Confederacy. Before long, though, Elias' past catches up with him, and he realizes that he must face his demons, or lose the woman he loves.
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(I listened to this on playaway, which I don't think was a major issue one wy or the other in the enjoyment.) (