![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Natasha Kern, Natasha Kern Agency. (She also provides the occasion for recognition of the evil of slavery, though the reflection is brief.) Alexander doesn’t quite knit it all together, but Aletta and Jake will please Alexander’s fan base. ![]() Minor characters are more functional than fully realized, with the exception of Carnton’s cook, Tempy, who is given personality and a hint of backstory. Set against the backdrop of the real history of Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee, Christmas at Carnton is a story of hope renewed and faith restored. The story starts slowly but picks up once Jake and Aletta are introduced and romantic tension develops. But orders are orders, and he soon discovers this group of ladiesone, in particularis far more than he bargained for. Jake Winston, a wounded Confederate sharpshooter who is ordered to assist at an event the Women’s Relief Society planned at the plantation. She doesn’t get the gig but heads to Carnton anyway. With foreclosure on her home imminent and a six-year-old son to support, she’s desperate for work, and applies for a job cooking at a Christmas event to be held at Carnton Plantation. ![]() Recently widowed Aletta Prescott is pregnant when she loses her job as a seamstress in a factory in Franklin, Tenn. Recently widowed, Aletta Prescott struggles to hold life together for herself and her six-year-old son. Alexander ( To Whisper Her Name) opens her fourth cycle of Civil War novels with a novella set in the Christmas season of 1863. Tamera Alexander 4/5 - 32 ratings Amid war and the fading dream of the Confederacy, a wounded soldier and a destitute widow discover the true meaning of Christmasand sacrificial love. ![]()
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