num_pages: 288
description: Emma Garnet Tate Lowell is at war with herself. Born into privilege on a grand plantation, she has become aware that her family's wealth has been built on slavery. After her unhappy childhood, war and failed marriage, she attempts to recover.
language: English
title: On The Occasion Of My Last Afternoon
titlecomplete: On The Occasion Of My Last Afternoon
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Civil War, Literature, Novels, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern, American Civil War
ratings_count: 2936
publisher: Virago Modern Classics