

Varina
A Novel
Author: Charles Frazier
Narrator: Molly Parker
Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/03/2018
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction
Author: Charles Frazier
Narrator: Molly Parker
Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/03/2018
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction
Charles Frazier is the author of Cold Mountain, an international bestseller that won the National Book Award and was adapted into an Academy-Award winning film by Anthony Minghella. He is also the author of the bestselling novels Thirteen Moons and Nightwoods.
Not a book for those who love plot, but a delight for those who love character and strange, beautiful sentences. I have rarely read so slowly just to savor the words. One of my favorite books I’ve read in the last ten years!......more
Early reviews of this book are mixed; but being the enthusiast that I am for Civil War-era fiction and strong female protagonists, I really enjoyed it. That this novel is based on a real person in history makes it doubly interesting (though I would have liked to have known which parts were based on......more
Varina: The Consequences of Complacency Varina by Charles Frazier was chosen as a Group Read by members of On the Southern Literary Trail for August, 2018. “—Oh, Mary said, life is mostly just what happens. Choice or chance or fate, gods or not. Like it or not. Things happen, we do what we th......more
I recently discovered these Civil War letters in the attic from my relative, Jubal Burnside who fought at Shiloh, Chickamauga, and several other bloody campaigns. I have transcribed them in their entirety for your information and interest. “My precious Clara, We are now awaiting steamers to transport......more