The Eighth Evil edition by Dorothy K Morris Literature Fiction eBooks
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In this third book in the Mockingbird Hill saga, the North and the South come together in battle again, although on a nominal scale. Anthony Parish, war weary Confederate soldier, returns home, his mind and heart set to rebuild his life on his beloved Low-Country plantation, Tally's Nook, only to find it totally destroyed by fire. In Charleston, the Perry sisters, Yankee haters both, chose to flee their confiscated home rather than share a roof with Yankee invaders and conquerors. These three converge on Mockingbird Hill plantation, already occupied by Margaret Grenville, her child and three loyal and devoted ex-slaves who refused to leave their homeland. The fireworks begin. The atmosphere becomes even more explosive when Charlie O'Donnell, Margaret's father, returns to Mockingbird Hill with two Yankee ladies in tow. Anthony's hands are already full with these pyrotechnics when he finds the Hardway orphans on his doorstep. What can he do but bring them in? He is faced with serving as peace keeper and provider to the menagerie of souls who call Mockingbird Hill their home, while he struggles to rebuild two war ravaged plantations. In "The Eighth Evil" you meet love, hatred, anger, pride, sorrow and joy. You see how some character's lives are made fuller and more beautiful when they overcome their negative attitudes, and you see how some are destroyed by clinging to useless prejudices and self-centered ways.
The Eighth Evil edition by Dorothy K Morris Literature Fiction eBooks
For the author: Suffice it to say that I was up all night, not able to put your novel down. I finished it over coffee this morning. I don't know where to begin, but be prepared for superlatives.First, time and place...so interesting with beautifully drawn visuals of the cold, the heat, the landscape, and the immense hardships of those days. I so enjoyed the descriptions of food, fishing, midwifery, the very simple pleasures that people enjoyed! We have no idea today.
Second, you've managed to work with a slew of characters and give each one of them depth. Anthony, stalwart , kind and decisive, who longs for Margaret. And she, Margaret, tortured by past actions that, until the near end, deeply affect her outgoing personality. Alice, who quickly comes to terms with the realities of life. Ellen, who never does and lets bitterness , hatred and pride eat away her mind. Charlie, Arthur, Sarah, Mrs. Laton, all the children each with their individual idiosyncracies, on and on.
Third, the dialogue is excellent, especially your rendition of speech (white and black) in those days. Quite extraordinary.
Fourth, tons of conflict which is so necessary to a compelling story: e.g., Ellen's ugly words throughout, the murder of Margaret's husband and her rapist, Hardy's drowning (I almost cried). And you managed to throw in teaser after teaser so that the reader keeps turning the pages.
Fifth, your introspections--because, if I'm correct, the passages about what love is or should be are yours, formulated over your lifetime through learning and experience.
This is a magnificent story that lays out human prejudices, our capacity for cruelty, to overcome pain, and to love. It has enormous depth, Ms. Morris. I'm waiting for the first of the series, and will order the other two.
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It only takes a few sentences to figure out that Dorothy K. Morris is a natural born storyteller. The Eighth Evil is just a wonderful work of historical fiction, taking the reader back to the traumatic days of a proud Southern people suffering the indignities of defeat following the War for Southern Independence. You have the exhausted soldier making his way back to a home that no longer exists, a young woman enduring a personal grief that goes far beyond that of the normal vicissitudes of war, two proud Charlestonian sisters seemingly incapable of adapting to a world where Yankees patrol the streets of their beloved city, a family of children left destitute by the war, a noble assortment of former slaves, and an assortment of various other immeasurably rich and vivid characters (including a couple of displaced Yankee women). It's a lot of people to keep up with, but Morris makes it easy with her vivid characterization of each and every one of them. This is, above all else, a story about people, a diverse group of displaced individuals learning - and sometimes failing to learn - how to come together, put aside varying degrees of hatred, pride, and guilt, and reforge a new life for themselves in the ashes of a culture irrevocably changed forever.
Anthony Parish returns home from the war to find his beloved Tally's Hook plantation burned to the ground and many of his friends and family deceased or departed. He does find one friendly face at nearby Mockingbird Hill, that of Margaret, a sweet girl who has grown into a mature, beautiful woman. Now a young widow, she resides there with her infant son and three loyal ex-slaves. She gladly teams up with Anthony to try and get the plantation running again, but trouble soon blows in with the two Perry sisters from a devastated Charleston. Totally incapable of adapting to a life of poverty, they force Margaret and her son out of the house and mistreat the former slaves who still regard the place as home. Their pride goeth before a fall, however, and the very real threat of starvation eventually brings Anthony and Margaret back to Mockingbird Hill. Soon the unconventional family is joined by Margaret's father (who arrives with a Yankee mother and daughter at his side) and the orphaned Hardway children. Even as he tries to get two plantations back on their feet again, Anthony never shirks the responsibility of caring for his fellow men - even if one of them doesn't deserve it. With that one exception, all of these characters really do become a family, and emotional highs and lows define their new way of life. This story sucked my emotions all the way in, as Morris' storytelling prowess makes you a living witness to the outrages, tragedies, and celebrations that coincide with a people clawing themselves back from the brink of ruin to start an altogether new kind of life in a much-changed South Carolina Low Country. The emotions Morris puts into this story are palpable indeed.
Since most Southern families didn't have an Anthony Parish to help and guide them, The Eighth Evil does paint a somewhat idealized version of the postwar South, free of much of the inner turmoil and strife that characterized those awful years of Reconstruction, yet Morris does bring the spirit of that age forth in all kinds of ways. This isn't a story about postwar Southern politics, the plight of freedmen vis-à-vis whites of various economic means, or laments over the Lost Cause, though. The Eighth Evil is about survival and prosperity snatched from the hands of loss and destruction, including each character's struggle to overcome whatever personal demons have been borne in the horrors of a tragic war. I was completely immersed in this world, emotionally reacting to the twists and turns this novel made on its way to a conclusion.
What else can I say? Dorothy K. Morris' The Eighth Evil is simply a fantastic, absorbing read in and of itself - although it's actually the third novel in Morris' Mockingbird Hill saga. Do I even need to mention just how anxious I am now to read the first two books, Secret Sins of the Mothers and Coyotes of Creek Crossing? These are characters - and an author - I want to spend much more time with.
Dorothy has done it again. This second book in her series is even more exciting that the first book Secret Sins of the Mothers. A continuing saga rich in history and drama. A good read, and a must read.
For the author Suffice it to say that I was up all night, not able to put your novel down. I finished it over coffee this morning. I don't know where to begin, but be prepared for superlatives.
First, time and place...so interesting with beautifully drawn visuals of the cold, the heat, the landscape, and the immense hardships of those days. I so enjoyed the descriptions of food, fishing, midwifery, the very simple pleasures that people enjoyed! We have no idea today.
Second, you've managed to work with a slew of characters and give each one of them depth. Anthony, stalwart , kind and decisive, who longs for Margaret. And she, Margaret, tortured by past actions that, until the near end, deeply affect her outgoing personality. Alice, who quickly comes to terms with the realities of life. Ellen, who never does and lets bitterness , hatred and pride eat away her mind. Charlie, Arthur, Sarah, Mrs. Laton, all the children each with their individual idiosyncracies, on and on.
Third, the dialogue is excellent, especially your rendition of speech (white and black) in those days. Quite extraordinary.
Fourth, tons of conflict which is so necessary to a compelling story e.g., Ellen's ugly words throughout, the murder of Margaret's husband and her rapist, Hardy's drowning (I almost cried). And you managed to throw in teaser after teaser so that the reader keeps turning the pages.
Fifth, your introspections--because, if I'm correct, the passages about what love is or should be are yours, formulated over your lifetime through learning and experience.
This is a magnificent story that lays out human prejudices, our capacity for cruelty, to overcome pain, and to love. It has enormous depth, Ms. Morris. I'm waiting for the first of the series, and will order the other two.
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