The House on Tenafly Road (The Tenafly Road Series, #1)

When morphine-addicted Civil War veteran John Weldon marries into the comfortably suburban McCullough family on the eve of Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, life gets complicated. How will Weldon hide his addiction from the family he resents and admires, keep his standing in the army and find the strength to survive the tragedies that come with loving others? John Weldon spends a lifetime journeying across the frontier only to find that he already has a home.

*Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice

"The various members of the McCullough family are portrayed with careful detail and some moments of unexpected humor, but it's the tortured John Weldon who commands the book; his slow and halting search for personal redemption makes for mesmerizing reading.

. . . extremely evocative.

. . . a long and very satisfyingly complex novel. "

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The House on Tenafly Road (The Tenafly Road Series, #1)

When morphine-addicted Civil War veteran John Weldon marries into the comfortably suburban McCullough family on the eve of Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, life gets complicated. How will Weldon hide his addiction from the family he resents and admires, keep his standing in the army and find the strength to survive the tragedies that come with loving others? John Weldon spends a lifetime journeying across the frontier only to find that he already has a home.

*Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice

"The various members of the McCullough family are portrayed with careful detail and some moments of unexpected humor, but it's the tortured John Weldon who commands the book; his slow and halting search for personal redemption makes for mesmerizing reading.

. . . extremely evocative.

. . . a long and very satisfyingly complex novel. "

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The House on Tenafly Road (The Tenafly Road Series, #1)

The House on Tenafly Road (The Tenafly Road Series, #1)

by Adrienne Morris
The House on Tenafly Road (The Tenafly Road Series, #1)

The House on Tenafly Road (The Tenafly Road Series, #1)

by Adrienne Morris

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Overview

When morphine-addicted Civil War veteran John Weldon marries into the comfortably suburban McCullough family on the eve of Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, life gets complicated. How will Weldon hide his addiction from the family he resents and admires, keep his standing in the army and find the strength to survive the tragedies that come with loving others? John Weldon spends a lifetime journeying across the frontier only to find that he already has a home.

*Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice

"The various members of the McCullough family are portrayed with careful detail and some moments of unexpected humor, but it's the tortured John Weldon who commands the book; his slow and halting search for personal redemption makes for mesmerizing reading.

. . . extremely evocative.

. . . a long and very satisfyingly complex novel. "


Product Details

BN ID: 2940153556727
Publisher: Adrienne Morris
Publication date: 03/28/2013
Series: The Tenafly Road Series , #1
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 167,323
File size: 827 KB

About the Author

Adrienne Morris is author of the novel The House on Tenafly Road (selected as an Editors' Choice Book by The Historical Novel Society and a Notable Indie Book of the Year) and The Tenafly Road Series which continues the family saga of the Weldon and Crenshaw families of Gilded Age Englewood, New Jersey.


Adrienne also milks goats, chases chickens and sometimes keeps her dogs off the table.


 

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