num_pages: 288
description: A North Carolina town struggles to preserve its sanity in 1864 as the Civil War approaches to shatter the peace, its Native American community becomes caught between the marauding Union Army and the desperate Home Guard, a sixteen-year-old Rhoda Strong falls in love with outlaw Henry Berry Lowrie. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Nowhere Else on Earth
titlecomplete: Nowhere Else on Earth
characters: Rhoda Strong
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, War, Civil War, Native Americans, Adult, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 502
places: North Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist
publisher: Viking Adult