Born of This Fire

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Librarians will recommend this book...Lends itself well to book club discussions and reading circles on women's historical fiction. An epic story of Annie Osborn Anthony, a woman striving to define herself amid Civil War atrocities, betrayal, and scandal. In this spiritually gripping and beautifully written novel, Jeanne Gehret reveals the woman behind the tempestuous Daniel Read Anthony—abolitionist pioneer and fiery publisher in Bleeding Kansas—drawing on dozens of newspaper articles, scrapbooks, archives, and artifacts. Though Daniel vows to begin anew with Annie at his side, his volatile actions repeatedly pull her into his turbulent wake. Three refugee women confront her with the complexities of war, even as her troubled marriage forces Annie to seek the strength to become a woman in her own right. Based on real people, Born of This Fire blends meticulous research with stirring narrative to illuminate a marriage tested by