LaVonne W. (Grnemae) - , reviewed on 11/9/2007 + 451 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

This story of a Confederate Army nurse who believes that due to her role as a triage nurse she is responsible for the deaths of many young men and for the pain and suffering of many others who did not survive. Haunted by the smells, sights and sounds she is convinced that she has no right to continue to live nor to have any happiness in her life. She is driven by the need to deliver the last words, in person, to the families of 21 of the dead. During her journey to accomplish this task, she encounters a widower from Texas who has come searching for his son who was in the army. Haunted by his past and the way in which is wife died and his son left home, he too believes he cannot have happiness in his life.
A great tale of love, compassion and empathy which rings as true today as it did in 1865.
This was a new author to me but I will read her other works as she fully captures human nature and all of its faults and failings.

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