![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peck crafts his characters impeccably and threads together their fates in surprising ways that not only shed light on them but also on the complicated events and conflicts in America at that time. Acting more charitably than most of her neighbors, Tilly's mother opens her home to the stranded New Orleans natives. Delphine causes a stir in town with her fancy airs and extraordinary sense of fashion. A then-15-year-old Tilly brings images of a divided state and country to life as she tells of the arrival of a Southern belle, Delphine, traveling by ship with the woman they presume to be her slave, Calinda, in April 1861. The narrative then shifts to the dawning of the Civil War, as Howard's grandmother recounts to him the family's history. Louis with his father and young twin brothers to visit their Grandma Tilly, a lifelong resident of Grand Tower, situated on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. Structured as a framed story, the book begins in 1916, as 15-year-old Howard Leland Hutchings travels from St. Without compromising his superb comedic timing and vibrant portrayals of country folk, Peck ( A Long Way from Chicago A Year Down Yonder) reaches new depth with this Civil War–era novel. ![]()
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