Well, this one took me a while but overall, I quite liked it. Set in America during the Civil War, Inman and Ava have been separated by the fighting in the early days of their romance. Inman is injured and decides to make his way home - a harrowing journey with the challenges of Federal soldiers and the Home Guard, as well as survival in the harsh wilderness. Ava, in the meantime, has to learn subsistence farming, after the death of her father and the collapse of the economy leaves her penniless. She is aided by Ruby, a girl who comes to help on the farm as a friend - and only "empties her own night water".
While it's quite slow at times, the story is quite well told. The characters seem real and their challenges draw you into the tale. The ending suffers from Frazier's over-lyricism at times in my opinion - I had to go back and read over just to be sure what actually happened. A good read for those that like historical fiction set in this era - I'm quite curious to see the movie now.
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