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Neverhome
by Laird Hunt
Quiet like Marilyn Robinson's 'Gilead', heartbreaking like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain.
Told from the perspective of Constance Thompson who leaves her husband behind, dons men's clothing, and fights as 'Ash Thompson', a Union Soldier, in the Civil War.
I don't necessarily relate to Constance, she was one tough cookie, but the story she told was personal enough to whisk you right into those Union Blues. Neverhome was both haunting and harrowing, and beautifully rendered. It made me want to know more about the (approximately 400) real live women who fought in the Civil War under the guise of being a man - something we never learned about in school. Remarkable.
However, I never really fell in love with any of the characters. Constance was pretty unemotional even in the rare moments of vulnerability (as I'm sure she'd have to be), and so even though she was met with terrible sadness, it was hard for me to muster up a lot of emotion myself. I was just never very attached to her. Thus, 3/5 stars.
Told from the perspective of Constance Thompson who leaves her husband behind, dons men's clothing, and fights as 'Ash Thompson', a Union Soldier, in the Civil War.
I don't necessarily relate to Constance, she was one tough cookie, but the story she told was personal enough to whisk you right into those Union Blues. Neverhome was both haunting and harrowing, and beautifully rendered. It made me want to know more about the (approximately 400) real live women who fought in the Civil War under the guise of being a man - something we never learned about in school. Remarkable.
However, I never really fell in love with any of the characters. Constance was pretty unemotional even in the rare moments of vulnerability (as I'm sure she'd have to be), and so even though she was met with terrible sadness, it was hard for me to muster up a lot of emotion myself. I was just never very attached to her. Thus, 3/5 stars.