Review: An Enchanting Historical Novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2013
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.This well written novel is a fascinating story of life on a plantation in the 1850's. It reminded me of "Gone With the Wind".Amaryllis Camilla O'Brien (Cammie) inherited River Oaks Plantation from her great great grandmother. She moved in to the Antebellum mansion right as Hurricane Katrina was about to make landfall in 2005. Cammie, an editor, arrived from the city wearing high heels and a skirt, hardly dressed to weather the storm.Cammie took the dogs, Daffodil, a cocker spaniel and Honi, a golden retriever upstairs for safekeeping during the storm. While she was upstairs, Cammie discovered her great great grandmother's journal and began to read it. Soon, the first floor of the stately mansion was under water. Cammie began to fear that the new home she had quickly fallen in love with would not survive the hurricane.I could identify with many of the places mentioned in this book since I have been to Louisiana several times. Members of my immediate family lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and were fortunate to be evacuated, along with their pets. I highly recommend this interesting historical novel.