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    Like a River

    By Kathy Cannon Wiechman

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    About this ebook

    When Leander Jordan and Paul Settles enlist in the Union army, they each carry deep and dangerous secrets. And when they meet in a Union hospital, they begin to discover each other’s secrets and form a bond that will prove impossible to break. That bond will give them both the courage to survive the war as well as to recognize the importance of family, loyalty, and love. Kathy Cannon Wiechman’s debut novel—told in two voices—powerfully transports readers to the homes, waterways, camps, hospitals, and prisons of the Civil War. An extensive author’s note comments on the book’s research and includes archival images.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBoyds Mills Press
    Release dateApr 7, 2015
    ISBN9781629790619
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    • 3/5
      Had it just been Leander's story I would've given the book only 2 stars. The first part of the book we follow Leander into the war. POV is a very distant third and other than wanting to be a man there is no real plot line. The author uses the setting - the American War - as the plot and that is disappointing.

      The second half of the novel belongs to Polly, a girl posing as a boy in the war. Her story is better because it provides some excellent details of her struggles in the famed Andersonville prison camp. Polly remains stronger/healthier than her male counterparts because she drinks her water "boiled." Such methods of disinfecting were unknown during the war.

      Lastly, I was disappointed about the ending. Not only was the reunion with Leander predictable, when they finally set eyes on each other, the story ends. I would've preferred a few paragraphs of reconnecting the two, maybe show Leander's POV again. How did he feel seeing Polly again against all odds?
    • 3/5
      This is a historical fiction novel set during the last two years of the Civil War.Leander Jordan is a jealous and silly teenager who wants to be treated as a man. He feels that his family think of him as a young kid, so when his brother is unable to join the army and fight for the Union, Leander signs up. He doesn’t sign up because of his belief in the Union but to prove he’s a man. He’s follows emotion instead of intellect. His story is 134 pages long.Paul Settles is introduced at the end of Leander’s section when he nurses Leander back to health so that he can go home. Paul is also taking care of his father, but he has a secret that Leander learns fairly quickly. Paul is really Polly. She’s hiding by being a girl. When her father dies, she joins the next troop and takes off only to end up in a Rebel prison camp, Andersonville, which is famous for how terrible it was. Her story takes the remaining 179 pages of the novel.I found the summary inside the book to be very misleading. It implies they are together, which isn’t true. They meet briefly, but in reality, there are two stories of the atrocities of the Civil War. Leander’s growth to being a man is never explored--it’s only stated at the end, so apparently he changes his attitude and decides to grow up outside of the story we read. The quote throughout the novel “A body can do what a body wants to, if a body wants to hard enough” permeates the novel as the theme. Instead of complaining and saying, “I can’t,” this quote says that you can do whatever you set your mind to. The recurring metaphor is that of a river--ever changing. The end of the novel reveals the worst maritime disaster in US History and it isn’t the Titanic. It’s an informative, good novel.
    • 5/5
      Very enjoyable, interesting novel with a unique perspective. I learned much about Civil War women soldiers and about Andersonville.