In this dazzling debut, Taylor M. Polites crafts a Southern gothic novel that mines classic literary archetypes while shaping them in new ways. Set in Reconstruction-era Alabama, The Rebel Wife opens with Augusta Branson losing her husband to a terrible blood fever. Now she and her son must fend for themselves in a community being destroyed by violence. When the inheritance she expected suddenly disappears, Augusta starts hunting for answers, but she'll have to find them fast-before the deadly fever claims the life of everyone in town, including her son.
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The Rebel Wife
In this dazzling debut, Taylor M. Polites crafts a Southern gothic novel that mines classic literary archetypes while shaping them in new ways. Set in Reconstruction-era Alabama, The Rebel Wife opens with Augusta Branson losing her husband to a terrible blood fever. Now she and her son must fend for themselves in a community being destroyed by violence. When the inheritance she expected suddenly disappears, Augusta starts hunting for answers, but she'll have to find them fast-before the deadly fever claims the life of everyone in town, including her son.
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BN ID: | 2940170997626 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 02/07/2012 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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