Chatting Books Online Day 45. Today’s recommended book is historical fiction that takes place in Louisiana (actually both Prytania street uptown and right here at the river in St Francisville so doubly familiar placement for me ). I recommend Living Among the Dead by C H Lawler .
And I understand the author Dr Lawler is hosting an online bookclub discussion this Friday evening so the timing is perfect to get started on this one today . Here’s a bit about the book :
In 1925, on Prytania Street in New Orleans, an old man sets about recording his memories of the days when he was a young man working in St. Matthew Parish, Louisiana. Poor health has taken his ability to speak, and there are people in his house whom he doesn't recognize, including "the woman downstairs who is not the hired girl" and "the Spaniard." But his memory of sixty years before is still sharp, and he can still write, and as he does, it becomes clear that this is more than a recollection of happy times. It is the confession of a youth filled with atrocities. Living Among the Dead is a story of betrayal, regret, and the thirst for forgiveness, set in the wake of the Civil War. (C. H. Lawler Stories)
We have copies of this book available in paperback for $19.99.
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