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Enemy Women Paulette Jiles

Enemy Women By Paulette Jiles

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles


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Summary

Denounced as a confederate spy during the American Civil War, Adair Colley is thrown in jail, where she falls in love with her Union interrogator, who helps her to escape. Braving uncounted dangers with courage and wit, Adair struggles to reunite her family and find love again as a free woman.

Enemy Women Summary

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

COLD MOUNTAIN meets CHARLOTTE GRAY when a young woman, denounced as a spy, escapes from a Civil War prison to find her way home. Missouri, 1865. Adair Colley and her family have managed to hide from the bloody Armageddon of the American Civil War, but finally even their remote mountain farm cannot escape the plundering greed of the Union militia. Her house is burnt, her father beaten and dragged away. With fierce determination, Adair sets out after him on foot. So begins an extraordinary voyage which will see Adair herself denounced as a Confederate spy and thrown in jail. Here she falls passionately in love with her Union interrogator, who helps her escape. Braving uncounted dangers with wit, ingenuity, and an outrageous courage, she struggles to return home, to reunite her family, and -- against all odds -- to find her love again, this time as a free woman. Ecstatic reviewers have compared this muscular, vivid novel to Cold Mountain, unanimously calling this the better read. With cinematic sweep and a galloping pace, ENEMY WOMEN introduces readers to the most memorable heroine of many years. You will lose your heart to Adair Colley, and to this magnificent book.

Enemy Women Reviews

'I loved ENEMY WOMEN. It is a gritty, memorable book, full of the things I like best in a novel - a sparky heroine, an unsentimental love story, a confident retelling of the past. Jiles' experience as a poet has clearly helped her to create a dreamlike style that perfectly reflects the story's war-torn landscape. It is a delight from start to finish, without a single misstep.' Tracy Chevalier, author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING and FALLING ANGELS 'Enemy Women deserves the Pulitzer Prize.' TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL 'Spellbinding ... a book with backbone, written with tough, haunting eloquence.' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'In a just world, [it] would make Cormac McCarthy grind his teeth in envy... Adair becomes a storyteller to survive; she lies, charms and improvises her way through the wilderness. And so -- triumphantly -- does Paulette Jiles.' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

About Paulette Jiles

Paulette Jiles was born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks. A critically acclaimed poet, she is a past winner of the Canadian Governor General Award, Canada's highest literary honour. She lives with her husband in San Antonio, Texas. ENEMY WOMEN is her first novel.

Additional information

GOR005192133
9780007146413
0007146418
Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
20030106
320
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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