6/9/2023 0 Comments Enemy Women by Paulette JilesBut before long the stakes are raised, and Adair herself is accused of espionage. Although Squire Colley, a justice of the peace, has maintained neutrality in the conflict, his family does not escape the militia's wrath - their home is burned, their possessions stolen, and Colley himself is arrested for "disloyalty" and taken away.Ĭolley's 18-year-old daughter, Adair, joins her sisters, who set out on foot to find their jailed father and demand his release. Three years into the war, the Union militia is burning homes throughout the eastern Ozarks in retaliation against the families whose men fought for the Confederacy. Set in war-torn Missouri during the Civil War, Enemy Women is a timeless story of a heroine who perseveres as the world around her crumbles. Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers
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