Donna Everhart
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- Where should I start?
- When the Jessamine Grows is the natural starting point — it's the one Donna Everhart book we've reviewed, and it carries a 4.4/5 reader rating from 8,496 Amazon ratings. Published by Kensington in January 2024, it follows a woman in rural 19th-century North Carolina trying to keep her family and farm intact during the Civil War.
- What's their writing style?
- Donna Everhart is known for vividly evoking the complex heritage of the American South, and that strength is on display in When the Jessamine Grows. The book is described as a morally complex, evocative novel — one that situates an intimate family story against the most devastating and divisive period in American history. Readers who like grounded, place-rich historical fiction with ethical stakes will find that approach here.
- Books we've reviewed
- We've reviewed 1 Donna Everhart book on LuvemBooks. When the Jessamine Grows (Kensington, January 2024) is an evocative Civil War-era historical novel about a North Carolina woman holding her family and farm together, with a 4.4/5 reader rating from 8,496 Amazon ratings.
- What genre do they write?
- Based on the book we've reviewed, Donna Everhart writes historical fiction. When the Jessamine Grows is set in rural 19th-century North Carolina during the Civil War, using that period to explore one woman's struggle to protect her family, farm, and convictions.
- What's When the Jessamine Grows about?
- When the Jessamine Grows follows one woman in rural 19th-century North Carolina as she struggles to hold her family together, keep her farm running, and preserve her convictions during the Civil War. It's described as a morally complex, evocative historical novel from a USA Today bestselling author, and it holds a 4.4/5 reader rating from 8,496 Amazon ratings.
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