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Book Review - Yankee In Atlanta by Jocelyn Green

1/29/2015

Genre:
Historical

Yankee In Atlanta
Heroines Behind The Lines book 3
by Jocelyn Green

-From the back cover-

She hid from her past to find a
future – and landed on enemy soil.

When Caitlin McKae woke up in Atlanta, the Georgian doctor believed Caitlin's only secret was that she had been fighting for the south disguised as a man. In order to avoid arrest or worse, Caitlin hides her true identity and makes a new life for herself in Atlanta as a governess for the daughter of Noah Becker – on the brink of his enlistment with the Rebel army. Though starvation ruled and Sherman raged, could she keep her vow not to run again?

Another thrilling historical from Jocelyn Green!

I have been hooked on Jocelyn Green's Heroines Behind The Lines series since I first read book one, eagerly devouring each succeeding title. With her signature attention to historical detail Jocelyn Green weaves a tale of love and loss, sacrifice and forgiveness. Yankee In Atlanta is an emotionally gripping story that takes the reader through the fears and separations of war, the highs and lows of human relationships.

One of the more fascinating parts of the story was about the Draft Riots in New York City in 1863. Even though I read a lot of history I had never heard of them before and I was inspired to read more.

Jocelyn Green's writing makes you look beyond the dry dates from history lessons and hollow glory of war. Instead you see real people trying doing the best they can and facing the gut-wrenching day-to-day battles of a country torn apart by war.

This Book received a 4 Bark rating.

Jocelyn Green

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Yankee In Atlanta is a wonderful Civil War story, sure to hold readers from page one to the very last.

Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Yankee In Atlanta by Jocelyn Green a 4 Bark rating.

Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: River North (June 1, 2014)
ISBN-10: 0802405789
ISBN-13: 978-0802405784

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Book Review - Widow Of Gettysburg by Jocelyn Green

8/22/2013

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Genre:
Historical

Widow Of Gettysburg
Heroines Behind The Lines: Civil War book 2
by Jocelyn Green

-From the back cover-

Everything is lost at the hands of
the Confederatearmy as war
rips through Gettysburg.

The farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is confiscated by the enemy and converted into a Confederate field hospital, bring Liberty face-to-face with unspeakable suffering. While Liberty's future crumbles, the past comes rushing back to Bella, Liberty's hired help and a former slave. Bella fins herself surrounded by Southern soldiers – and one reporter learns her secret.

In the wake of shattered homes and broken bodies, Liberty and Bella struggle to pick up the fragments the battle has left behind. Will Liberty be defined by the tragedy in her life? Or will she be able to trust God and the Confederate soldier who may not be what he seems?

Become immersed in a time when the reality of
war and prejudice is met by unfailing love.

Widow of Gettysburg is a work if fiction inspired by first-person accounts from women whose letters and journals offer a peek into the lives of women living in Gettysburg during the battle and its aftermath. This is the second book in the series Heroines Behind The Lines: Civil War, offering an inside look at women's contributions during times of war. For more information about the series, visit: www.heroinesbehindthelines.com.

Another soul-stirring and heart-rending story from Jocelyn Green.

I absolutely cannot believe how much Jocelyn Green packed into 360+ pages. Not only the detailed history, but the raw emotion, and valuable lessons that left me convicted.

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This Book earned a 5 Bark rating.

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Jocelyn Green

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Once again the author takes us on a journey through history that is so detailed and rich that the reader feels like they are there. You can smell the smoke, feel the fear and horror, see the lines of the injured, and taste the sweat and hunger. All of the senses are engaged and the reader finds themselves to immersed in the story that when they you to put it down for awhile you find yourself thinking about the characters.

Honestly, I was so emotionally wrung out after reading that I didn't pick up another book for awhile. Instead, I thought on the book and wondered what I would have done in the character's places. That was part of the story that convicted me the most, could I have done what they did? Could I help with amputations like Libbie? I rather realized what a modern wimp, and even coward, that I really am. But a recurring theme that several of the characters repeated gave me a little hope for myself, it is a quote from a diary entry made July 7th, 1863 by Sarah Broadhead, a housewife and volunteer nurse in Gettysburg. “...We do not know until tried what we are capable of.” Another convicting theme is; will we be defined by tragedy and be victims of circumstance or will we rise above, and as the characters say “Go forth”?

The vast amount of research done and a love of history are evident on every page. Jocelyn Green is a master of historical fiction. It was hard to believe that Wedded To War was her debut novel and that Widow Of Gettysburg is only her second. The reader feels as if they are a part of life during the Civil War and not just reading a bunch of dry and boring dates in a history class. Pieces of history that the average modern person might not think about. For instance, I had never thought of the fear a former slave would feel when the Confederates entered Pennsylvania, a Free state, and yet Bella hides for hours in a barrel in the cellar.

Readers will get a taste of the true horrors of war and yet the author manages to tell it without leaving readers in complete shock. Truly told but thoughtfully and sensitively written.

Widow Of Gettysburg is both entertaining and inspiring. A must read for any fan of historical fiction or the Civil War. This reader is anxiously awaiting the next book in the Heroines Behind The Lines: Civil War, Yankee In Atlanta.

Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Widow Of Gettysburg by Jocelyn Green a 5 Bark rating.

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Note: Due to some of the historical facts I wouldn't recommend this book for anyone under 16. Life wasn't easy for slaves nor is war a cakewalk.

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: River North; New Edition edition (April 12, 2013)
ISBN-10: 0802405770
ISBN-13: 978-0802405777

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25th Book Review Giveaway

5/28/2013

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And the winners are...
Barbara Thompson & Peggy!

In honor of posting my 25th book review I am going to give away a bookmark signed by suspense author Camy Tang. For giveaway rules/instructions read the bottom of this post.

The 25th review is......

Wedded to War
by Jocelyn Green

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Camy Tang writes romance with a kick of wasabi. She used to be a biologist, but now she is a staff worker for her church youth group and leads a worship team for Sunday service. On her blog, she ponders frivolous things like knitting, dumb dogs (namely, hers), coffee-geek husbands, the writing journey, Asiana, and anything else that comes to mind. And on her Facebook page, the silliness is unleashed.
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All you have to do is leave a comment with your email address.
I will choose a random winner (using random.org) on Sunday, June 2nd.
If we get more than 10 entries (you can only enter once) I will give away another bookmark to a 2nd winner. Winner(s) will be posted in 4 places on this blog, in the comments, at the top of this post, in a separate winner's post, and on the winner's page.
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Winner(s) will have 2 weeks to email me their mailing address or I will choose another a new winner.

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Book Review - Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green

5/27/2013

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Genre:
Historical

Wedded to War
Heroines Behind The Lines: Civil War book 1
by Jocelyn Green

-From the back cover-

When war erupted, she traded a life
of privilege for a life of significance.

Tending the Union army's sick and wounded mean leaving the man Charlotte Waverly's mother approved of, Phineas Hastings. Charlotte chose a life of service over privilege – just as her childhood friend Caleb Lansing had when he became a military doctor. By working in the army hospitals, Charlotte finds she is combating more than just the rebellion. Would two men who love her be able to stand by and watch as she fights her own battles at home, in the hospitals, and on the battlefield? Or would their desire for her wage war on her desire to serve God?

She fought to get her place –
she fought even harder to keep it.

Though Wedded to War is a work of fiction, the story is inspired by one Civil War nurse, Georgeanna Wolsey, whose letters and journals, written over 150 years ago, offer a thorough look of what pioneering women nurses endured. This first novel in the series Heroines Behind The Lines: Civil War, offering an inside look at women's contributions during times of war.

If this is Jocelyn Green's debut novel, wow, what will the next be like?!

I was amazed by this book! The flavor, the very writing style, of Wedded to War is Civil War Era.
I have read quite a few books from the 1800's for school so I have become somewhat familiar with the writing patterns from that time, this book has it!

This Book earned a 5 Bark rating.

Jocelyn Green

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I was very impressed with the author's attention to detail. Not only were there things that I recognized from reading books from the time period but I also learned a lot of new things. I love history, even read history text books for fun, but the joy of learning through a story is even better.

This was one of the few books, Christian Fiction especially, that spoke of the dirt and filth of war. There were no glorious charges and victories like you see in the movies.

No, Wedded to War talks about the lack of supplies and the sometimes needless deaths because of that, the day to day care of washing and feeding wounded and severely ill men, the feeling of helplessness to cure the hurts and wrongs, the questioning of where God is in all of it. This book isn't gory and hopeless, though. It is also the story of redemption, of kindness to strangers, of learning God's will for a person's life and doing it, of finding and/or making your place in this world, of determination and rising above for the good of others.

Each of the characters, except the villain of course, became a friend. It was like invisibly standing over their shoulder, being there, seeing and feeling what they did. The reader is drawn in and for a little while the struggles of the characters become your struggles.

Well written and thought provoking, I am glad that I took the time to read Wedded to War.
I am very much looking forward to reading the next book in this series, The Widow Of Gettysburg.

Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green a 5 Bark rating.

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