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[quote=Anonymous]What is everyone reading this month?
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

What is it about?
It is about how chaotic life was in the south right after the end of the civil war.

Specifically, the book is set in Georgia, beginning at one week after the end of the war.  Union troops have come to every home in the county to announce that the war is over and the slaves are free.  These two brothers, former slaves, decide to take their bedding and sleep in the woods nearby, just because they can.  They find a pond nearby and trap rabbits for food.  The owner of the land the former slaves are camping on is informed that his son died in the war and decides to take a walk around his 200 acre property while he lets the news of his son sink in.  He happens upon the former slaves and offers them jobs helping to start a peanut farm on his land.  He treats them with respect and pays them "white man wages".  Pretty soon the son they thought was dead comes home.  Turns out he deserted and was taken prisoner.  
All parties involved are shunned by the people in town.  The husband and wife because they are treating the former slaves with respect.  The son because he was a deserter.  The former slaves because they have money and keep going into town to buy groceries and decent clothes. Eventually someone is murdered.

What do you think of it?
I thought it was very good.

Why did you pick that particular book to read?
It was an Oprah's book club selection and the concept for the book was intriguing.

How did you acquire the book?
Downloaded from my library website.[/quote]

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