The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning novel about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever

In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry-freed by the Emancipation Proclamation-seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the lo...