Rachel, After the Darkness

A Novel of the Old South

by Jane Bennett Gaddy


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Hardcover
$27.95
Softcover
$17.95
E-Book
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Hardcover
$27.95

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 6/17/2014

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 274
ISBN : 9781491737002
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 274
ISBN : 9781491736982
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 274
ISBN : 9781491736999

About the Book

Rachel, After the Darkness is a continuation of the struggle in which Jane Gaddy intricately describes the South following the war and during the reunification of a broken Nation. Rachel’s husband and son are gone, having fallen at Gettysburg. Three sons have married, and Rachel and her youngest, Samuel, are left alone to run the small farm in northeast Mississippi. The darkness represents a time that never should have been, and in her thoughts, Rachel relives the gloom of death and destruction; the disparities of Federal intervention during Reconstruction and the re-establishing of the Old South; and the harsh restrictions of the Radical Regime.

As the story progresses, Rachel receives a short-term offer to become an editorial writer for a major newspaper in New York City where she momentarily lives the Gilded Age, observes the abject poverty of Irish immigrants, and endures the sporadic and sometimes violent opposition to her southern-view editorials. She experiences love in great measure and the eventual return home where awaits unexpected news and heartache, and finally happiness and contentment once again.

With characters out of the playbook of times gone by and personal “storytelling” writing style, Dr. Gaddy has created a memorable journey from the darkness of war and its aftermath to the light of a better time.


About the Author

Jane Bennett Gaddy, author of House Not Made With Hands, The Mississippi Boys, Isaac’s House, JOAB, and co-writer of GIBBO-In My Life is retired and lives with her husband in Trinity, Florida. She holds a Ph.D. in Religion and administers a course in American Literature for external studies students of Bethany Divinity College and Seminary in Alabama.