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Summary: I just picked it up by mistake thinking it was another book!
Review: When I was at the library, I thought this was a different book.When I started to read it, the pages drew me in immediately. This book is about three sisters who live on a plantation in
Virginia during and after the Civil War. Two of the three sisters were married and their husbands died for the "cause"
They have this idea to make a wedding dress for their younger sister who has no propects of getting married. During this
effort, they involved other people who have no idea what is happening to them. In a twist of the story, the one unsuspecting
soldier who helps them out, falls in love with the oldest sister and not the one who they are making the dress for. The story is interesting and is just a nice read for those who love historical fiction. Ellen
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Summary: Symbol of Hope
Review: Your life is going nowhere. Your family is living in genteel poverty. Your husband is gone never to return, killed in a war that has left the country in mourning and with little hope. Your younger sister has looked to the bleak future and found for herself no husband, no children and no prospects. This is the state the Atwater sisters find themselves in, during the months following the end of the Civil War.
The older sisters, each feeling that they have had their chance for happiness, begin making a wedding dress for the younger sister. This wonderfully told story brings together not only the sisters, but draws the community into this project of hope.
As the story unfolds, the sisters, by forging ahead even though there is no bridegroom in sight, learn a great deal about themselves and develop a broader perspective of life.
As a bookstore employee, I will be recommending this book to our Historical Romance readers.
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