![]() ![]() One of the strengths of the book is that as characters change, they change in subtle ways that feel organic.Īlthough readers will have a sense of dread from the beginning to the end, Harris is light with foreshadowing. Harris focuses on pairs-married couple George and Isabel who move from distant to loving, former slave brothers Prentiss and Landry who carve a new life for themselves, lovers Caleb and August who come together and apart repeatedly. Angry residents of the town cannot understand why George pays a fair wage to former slaves. For labor, he hires brothers newly emancipated from their slave owner. Searching for meaning, George decides to cultivate his acreage. George Walker, a white landowner whose land lies fallow, hears that his son has been killed. The story begins immediately after Appomattox, as the residents of a Georgia town confront losing the Civil War. Nathan Harris’s debut novel, The Sweetness of Water, reads as though the author has honed his craft for years. ![]()
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