About this title: This epistolary novel consists of the letters a newlywed named Alice writes to her sister Lizzie. Alice's husband is off fighting for the Union; Alice is living with her mother-in-law, learning to quilt, and coping with her first pregnancy.
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: St. Martins, N. Y.
Date Published: 2000
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws............The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear....The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Griffin
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312283780ISBN:0312283784
Description: Very Good. 246 pp. Slight curl to cover. Light age tone to page edges, otherwise clean and unmarked, no creases or tears. Gently used. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312283780ISBN:0312283784
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. St. Martin's Griffin (2001; paper covers)-Clean and tight-unused copy-Excellent! ! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2001-09-18
ISBN-13:9780312283780ISBN:0312283784
Description: Like New. Like new softcover in excellent condition, no writing, non-smoking home, clean text, binding tight, Christian business. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2001-09-18
ISBN-13:9780312283780ISBN:0312283784
Description: Very Good. Minor shelf wear; Corners mildly bumped; Tanning to page edges; Couple of pages have folded corners; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
"In letters to her sister, the newly married Alice Bullock writes of her life in Slatyfork Iowa just after the beginning of the Civil War. With her husband gone for a soldier, Alice and her mother-in-law-, the grouchy and formidable Serena, must make peace in order to keep the farm running. When a dangerous neighbor takes an interest in Alice, there is no way out, but murder. Full of women's wisdom and humor and some great historical facts from life on the plains in the 1860s."
"Another excellent book by my new favorite author--Sandra Dallas. Women's friendships and understanding--that is the theme. Set is Civil War, this shows the home life of women thrown together because their men were off to war."
"Apparently a good book is hard to come by lately! Alice's character is really shallow which I found irritating. The book is written in letter form to her sister during the Civil War era. The things that matter to Alice shouldn't matter at all. But what is worse is that even though her husband gets sent off to war, Alice doesn't seem to mind as she tells him not to worry if he doesn't come back as she can always find another husband. Then she complains why he won't write to her which cracked me up! I can't bear to be around people like that in real life so I wouldn't finish this book!"
"Set in the Civil War times -- one women writes letters to her sister, and with that alone you find out about the tough hard life of the times. Amazingly the quilts made for the soldiers become an important part -- history does not teach this day to day struggle, the inter-connectedness of people in smaller communities and how far some would go to get what they wanted. I love Alice -- her letters are like those your own sister would send you. Can't wait to read her other ones."
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