A review by jgintrovertedreader
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus

3.0

The title intrigued me. What would she have to say? A lot. It's the story of her marriage to a Confederate soldier who never got over losing his best friend. But it's also the story of her mother; her housekeeper, who used to be the narrator's husband's slave; her husband; and others. In fact, I thought about including it on my short story bookshelf. Some of the anecdotes were very good, others seemed to drag on forever. I didn't think the slave's story was ever going to end. It's hit or miss, but you could really probably just dip into a section at a time rather than trying to read the whole thing as a novel.