Review
"Rich, colorful, and compelling." -- John Barkham Reviews.
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller." -- Newsday.
Review
"Rich, colorful, and compelling." -- John Barkham Reviews.
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller." -- Newsday.
From the Publisher
She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center of the whirlwind in a spellbinding novel of divided loyalties and divided hearts.
"Rich, colorful, and compelling." -- John Barkham Reviews.
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller." -- Newsday.
From the Inside Flap
She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center of the whirlwind in a spellbinding novel of divided loyalties and divided hearts.
From the Back Cover
"Rich, colorful, and compelling." -- John Barkham Reviews.
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller." -- Newsday.
About the Author
Belva Plain lives in northern New Jersey. She is the author of the bestselling novels Evergreen, Random Winds, Eden Burning, Crescent City, The Golden Cup, Tapestry, Blessings, Harvest, Treasures, Whispers, Daybreak, The Carousel, Promises, Secrecy, Homecoming, Legacy of Silence, and Fortune's Hand.
Crescent City FROM THE PUBLISHER
She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center of the whirlwind in a spellbinding novel of divided loyalties and divided hearts.