Anna and I hope you will join us for the August read-a-long of Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles as part of the U.S. Civil War Reading Challenge 2011.
We will read a handful of chapters every week throughout August, and every Friday, we will post discussion questions on War Through the Generations.
We welcome you to post your thoughts on your blog and provide a link or just type your thoughts in the comments section of the discussion post; whatever works best for you. You can answer our questions or just discuss whatever you found most interesting in each section.
If you are interested in reading along with us, please let us know. You don’t have to be participating in the U.S. Civil War Reading Challenge 2011 to join us!
Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher:
For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family’s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee.
The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women’s prison. But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom.
Now an escaped “enemy woman,” Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise … seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.
Here’s the schedule for the read-a-long:
Week One: Prologue – Chapter 6; discussion on Fri., Aug. 5
Week Two: Chapters 7-15; discussion on Fri., Aug. 12
Week Three: Chapters 16-24; discussion on Fri., Aug. 19
Week Four: Chapters 25-31; discussion/final thoughts on Fri., Aug. 26
This sounds very good! If I can snag a copy at the library I may join in!
I hope more people will join us! I need to post about this and IT on Diary.
I hope people will join too. I’ll be posting about IT later on Aug. 1
She’s held as a prisoner??? That’s horrible. Would like to read it.
You should pick up a copy and join the read-a-long. You can catch up at any time. We’ll be posting discussion questions for the first part this coming Friday, Aug. 5, on War Through the Generations. It would be great to get a big group on this one. No need to join the U.S. Civil War challenge to participate.