num_pages: 610
description: Gone with the Wind meets The Help in the stunning prequel to Leila Meacham's bestselling family epic Roses .From birth Jessica had eschewed the role to which she'd been born. Was it because she sensed that her father's indulgence was compensation for his disappointment in her? Jessica thought too much questioned challenged rebelled. Sometimes Eunice thought her daughter should have been born a male.Born into the wealthiest and most influential family in 1830s South Carolina Jessica Wyndham was expected to look appealing act with decorum and marry a suitably prominent and respectable man. However her outspoken opinions and unflagging sense of justice make her a difficult-and dangerous-firebrand especially for slavery-dependent Carson Wyndham. Jessica's testing of her powerful father's love is only the beginning of the pain passion and triumph she will experience on a journey with the indomitable land-obsessed Silas Toliver and headstrong Jeremy Warwick to a wild new land called Texas.PRAISE FOR LEILA MEACHAMDiscovering Leila Meacham and her spectacular talent is akin to discovering gold. With this novel she has become a national treasure. -- Huffington PostRich with American history and pitch-perfect storytelling fans and new readers alike will find themselves absorbed in the family saga that Meacham has proven-once again-talented in telling. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
language: English
title: Somerset
publisher: Grand Central Publishing