This book tells a story of war and love through the eyes of people involved. Inman is injured due to the Civil War and he is tired of it and doesn't want to fight any more. He decides to escape and go home to Ada and he wants to marry her, but it's dangerous journey since the Home Guard is hunting the deserters. He travels for quite a long time and faces many obstacles and dangers on his way. At the same time Ada Monroe, the woman who Inman is in love with, is struggling with the farm that her father left him after his death. Fortunately a young girl named Ruby comes to help her and Ada is learning how to manage the farm. At one day Inman manages to find Ada and they spend a few days together in one empty village where Ada and Ruby are staying because of Ruby's injured father who isn't able to travel back to the farm. Ada and Inman are making plans for the future and they decided that Inman goes to the north and gives himself up to the Federals and then he just has to wait for the war to end. They started leaving towards the farm with Ruby's father on the horse. Ada and Ruby went ahead and Inman with Ruby's dad behind them. Unfortunately they met the Guards. Inman fought against them and when it was only one of them left, a young boy, he didn't want to shoot him, but the boy himself shoot Inman. Ada heard the shots and ran back. She was with Inman for the last minutes of his life...Years later Ada lived with Ruby's family and her daughter in the farm.I enjoyed this book very much and would definitely recommend it to everyone. Only thing that I didn't like about the book was an unhappy ending, but as in life, there aren't always happy endings. What I especially liked about the book was that it payed attention to the war- how it changes a person and how much harm can it do.
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