A Story Of The South
First, I absolutely loved the narrators for this book. They captured the characters beautifully. Sometimes a group of narrators working on one book can make the transitions between readers feel jumpy or even startling. That wasn’t the case with this book. The reading was effortless and a pleasure to listen to.Hicks captured a slice of southern plantation life in Franklin, Tennessee near the end of the US Civil War with such heartfelt detail I found myself spellbound. Let me be clear, Hick isn’t an apologist nor does he present a tactical exploration of the US Civil War or the Battle of Franklin. What he does do with his writing is simply show the reader Carnton Plantation and the Town of Franklin, Tennessee inside out-flaws and sachvui.co may at times feel the characters are too self possessed, too unlikeable and even too accepting of what I find to be personally reprehensible and unacceptable behaviors. But, that said, I found myself listening with rapt attention to this story of the US Civil War from the southern plantation point of view. To me, the reality of this life was sad, shallow, duplicitous and worn down to the bone with suffering. Hicks nailed the end of the old south sachvui.co aware that some parts of the book are so filled with violence I had to fast forward in two places. At the same time, Hicks really shows us life in the mid to late 1800s. The reality of loss, disease and grief are made palpable. A difficult book but a very human story.
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