Hicks\' gripping debut novel--an instant New York Times bestseller--is based on the incredible true story of Carrie McGavock, a woman whose life had been forever changed by the Civil War.
For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1,000 were laid to rest..
During the Civil War\'s Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock\'s home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died.
This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock.
Based on a true story, this debut Civil War novel follows a Southern plantation woman\'s journey of transforming her home into a hospital for the war.
Hicks\' gripping debut novel--an instant New York Times bestseller--is based on the incredible true story of Carrie McGavock, a woman whose life had been forever changed by the Civil War