The Wake of the Wind

A dramatic and thought-provoking novel of one family’s triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post-Civil War South, from the award-winning author of Family

“Rendered with compassion and beautiful simplicity.”—The Washington Post Book World

“[A] provocative and at times painful family portrait . . . It should be required reading.”—Detroit Free Press

Opening in Texas during the waning years of the Civil War, The Wake of the Wind tells the epic story of a remarkable heroine, ...