by Lauren Groff

A young servant girl with no say in her fate is brought to Jamestown during the famine. Her journey after her sudden escape from the settlement is harrowing, filled with dangers, along with some small moments of triumph. The question arises—do the worst horrors come from raw nature or desperate colonists? I found myself re-reading sentences and whole pages of Groff’s stunning writing.

Julie A., R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison