A Sound Among the Trees: A Novel

I love to read and I love historical fiction.  I recently finished reading A Sound Among the Trees:  A Novel by Susan Meissner.

 

A well written novel filled with southern traditions, women, war and love.  It does go back and forth in time but in such a way that it is barely noticeable, not like other novels that have you trying to remember where you are!  The Civil War setting is done very well.  You can picture the Holly Oak, on a hill, with a cannonball stuck in the side of it and only imagine the horror of the battle of Fredericksburg.

You first meet Marielle Bishop who has just married into the family and has come to live at Holly Oak with her new husband and stepchildren.  She’s introduced to the family Matriarch Adelaide and from that point on Marielle must find the answers to the rumors and stories of Holly Oak.  After a long journey both now and in the past, she finds the answers. 

You will become friends with all the women of Holly Oak and interested in their stories and what happens next. 

Susan Meissner has written a mesmerizing novel about Holly Oak and its inhabitants.

Well written with many ins and outs, twists and turns, yet slowly and methodically telling the story of the women of Holly Oak.   

What about you?  Read any good books lately?  Tell me about them.

These opinions are my own and I was not solicited to write a review.