My Top Ten Books is
a series of short book reviews.
The next book on my
list was written by Carolyn Reeder, Shades of Gray.
Now don't get this book confused with the movie 50
Shades of Gray because this book is completely different than the
movie. It's actually a story based right after the end of the Civil
War.
The main character, Will Page, has to go live with his
Uncle and Aunt because his entire family died during the war. Will
comes into his Uncle's household thinking that he was a traitor for
not fighting for the South even though he didn't fight for the North
either. So you can pretty much see where this is going. Will doesn't
like his Uncle, so when he tells Will to call him by his name right
then and there Will vows to himself that he will never call his Uncle
by name... EVER. So the time passes and Will starts to see that his
Uncle didn't fight because he was a traitor or coward but because his
Uncle simply didn't believe in what the war was fighting for. At
least that's what Will was told. But he was never going to believe
it! He would never call his Uncle by name right? Or would time mold
Will?
Well you'll just have to read the book to find out!
I would highly recommend this book to all the history
lovers out there. Even though the story might be fictional it tells
what a lot of families had to go through after the war. And I'm not
talking about thinking that your Uncle is a traitor. I'm talking
about the struggles the war brought for the well being of farmers and
a lot of other occupations in the South.
If you would like to read the book, here is a link,https://www.amazon.com/Shades-Gray-Carolyn-Reeder/dp/0689826966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471884462&sr=8-1&keywords=shades+of+gray
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