The Orphan Mother

A former slave searches for justice after her son is murdered in the wake of the Civil War in this novel from a New York Times –bestselling author. “Hicks’s bittersweet novel reveals a woman discovering a new sense of self in slavery’s aftermath. . . . A beautifully rendered portrait for all lovers of Civil War fiction.” — Library Journal In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock—the “Widow of the South” —has quietly built a new life for herself as a m