Free Book Friday- Child of the South by Joanna Catherine Scott

Up for grabs this week is an ARC bound copy of Child of the South by Joanna Catherine Scott.

I received it to review but never had the chance and it has been buried in my stack of books, lonely, waiting to be read so I figured someone else may have some time on their hands and enjoy it very much.

I am almost tempted not to give this away because the Civil War is one my favorite time periods for historical novels. When I was younger I was obsessed with the Civil War and the post Civil War south- movies like North and South and Gone with the Wind were my favorites. In 7th grade I even had the chance to go on a school trip to visit some Civil War sites- we stayed in Gettysburg. It was wonderful.

Anyway back to the book, Child of the South is the sequel to The Road from Chapel Hill.

From the Back Cover:

Joanna Catherine Scott
author of the acclaimed Civil War
novel The Road from Chapel Hill, returns with a gripping
tale in which loyalty, duty, and love collide in a devastated
South---where the war is over but conflict lives on.

Eugenia Mae Spotswood endured years of hardship and toil during the Civil War. Now she has returned to Wilmington to find out who her mother is---the white woman she called Mama or her father’s slave. Her search falters when the ongoing forces of racism and hatred almost break her spirit...until she is befriended by Abraham Galloway, the most powerful Negro leader in the North Carolina Senate.

Also driven forward by the tides of peace are the strong-minded ex-slave Tom and his former enemy and captor, Clyde Bricket. Tom spent the last years of the war working for the Union as a spy. Clyde, crippled from battle wounds, watches as his family farm slowly dies. Only when they work together do they discover that something good can be made of the chaos around them.
But as these four struggle to create a greater future. others struggle to bring them to destruction...

Sounds great doesn't it?

If you would like a chance to receive this free ARC copy of Child of the South all you have to do is leave a comment and include you email contact info. I'll announce a winner on Wednesday. USA shipping only. Thanks.