The Confederette

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Summary: What a Read!
Review: As a lover of history the appeal of THE CONFEDERETTE was the heroine and the ordeal she and so many women in the South suffered in the aftermath of the Civil war. The history books pass over the Posse Comitatus but Rose Stadler's novel fills the gap. Leila Macdonald is righteous in her determination to seek justice after her ordeal at the hands of Yankees. Poverty and how she survives in conditions we can only imagine are marvelously researched and readers learn how she surmounts all obstacles when events force her to do so. THE CONFEDERETTE is a keeper and a book I will read and reread often.

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Summary: The Confederette
Review: GREAT BOOK!! The Confederette is a book you can't put down. From the first page to the last you were totally living the story as a single woman in the South with guts to survive her life of tragedy, friendship and love. Each character was so descriptive and the scenes so vivid. I am hoping that Ms. Stadler has started her second book. I will be waiting. I have passed the book on to friends and they are enjoying it as much as I have.

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Summary: The aftermath of the Civil War
Review: Rose Stadler's book, The Confederette, is a gripping and engaging book about a young woman who was raped during the Reconstruction Era in North Carolina. Her struggle to survive and wrenching decision to keep the unborn child that resulted from that rape is a real page turner. The book made me realize how difficult it must have been for a single southern woman to live through the aftermath of the Civil War. It also contains many touching and funny moments which make this book a joy to read. It is well researched and brings a
vision of the reality that was of that era.