Bayou

by Pamela Jekel

Book Overview

From the backwater bayou to New Orleans, and from the War of 1812 through World War I, four women--headstrong Olivia, loyal slave Celisma, Celisma's daughter, Manon, and planter's wife Zoe--find love,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821737406
• ISBN13: 9780821737408
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable, Enaging Read

I'm surprised by the lack of enthusiasm in the other reviews of this book. I found this at a local used book sale, and picked it up, because I like historical fiction and hadn't read about this particular region before. I'm glad I did. What started off as a pretty traditional historical fiction story in the style of a James Michener or John Jakes is unique in that it centers around women...which is hardly ever the case. Women are usually side characters in many of these stories -- victims, mostly, often left home while their men go off to war. I thought this story did a good job with the interplay between women, of the choices they are forced to make to survive a harsh time period and landscape and the everyday realities of women's lives. The story seemed well-researched and did a good job at the love-hate relationship between the "big city" and the bayou. The settings and situations were well-illustrated and easy to imagine. I will likely be keeping my eye our for Jekel's other novels. If you come across this book, I would definitely recommend it. I'm not going to keep it on my treasured bookshelf or anything forever..I'll be passing it on. But it was definitely worth the read.

This is a must-read for anyone.

I read this book several years ago and have been looking to buy it again after my original copy was lost. I love this book, I was swept into these women's lives and felt their love, their sorrow, and their pain. I think it is well written and would recommend to anyone.