The Sweetness of Water

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad,a profound debut about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their livesand hisforever. In the waning days of the Civil Warbrothers Prentiss and Landry—freed by the Emancipation Proclamation—seek refuge on the homestead of white farmer George Walker and his wifeIsabelle. The Walkerswracked by the loss of their only son to the warhire the brothers to work their farmhoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landrymeanwhileplan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their motherwho was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young menrecently returned to the town of Old Ox from the warhold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discoveredthe resulting chaos brings convulsive repercussions for the entire community. With candor and sympathydebut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of charactersdepicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction. Equal parts beauty and terroras gripping as it is movingThe Sweetness of Water is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances.