The Undertaker's Assistant: A Captivating Post-Civil War Era Novel of Southern Historical Fiction

by Amanda Skenandore

Book Overview

Set during Reconstruction-era New Orleans, and with an extraordinary and unforgettable heroine at its heart, The Undertaker's Assistant is a powerful story of human resilience-and of the unlikely bonds that hold fast even in our darkest moments.

"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496713680
• ISBN13: 9781496713681
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An excellent read.

I enjoyed this read through time. Author caught the period and the characters are interesting. Worth the money.

Educational and frustrating (it was the times)

So good I have discussed it with my book club. Passed it on to my cousin who agrees it's a book club title.