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Fallen Land
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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An Indie Next pick and an Okra 2016 Winter Selection!Fallen Land is Taylor Brown's debut novel set in the final year of the Civil War, as a young couple on horseback flees a dangerous band of marauders who seek a bounty reward. Callum, a seasoned horse thief at fifteen years old, came to America from his native Ireland as an orphan. Ava, her father and brother lost to the war, hides in her crumbling home until Callum determines to rescue her from the bands of hungry soldiers pillaging the land, leaving destruction in their wake. Ava and Callum have only each other in the world and their remarkable horse, Reiver, who carries them through the destruction that is the South. Pursued relentlessly by a murderous slave hunter, tracking dogs, and ruthless ex-partisan rangers, the couple race through a beautiful but ruined land, surviving on food they glean from abandoned farms and the occasional kindness of strangers. In the end, as they intersect with the scorching destruction of Sherman's March, the couple seek a safe haven where they can make a home and begin to rebuild their lives. Dramatic and thrillingly written with an uncanny eye for glimpses of beauty in a ravaged landscape, Fallen Land is a love story at its core, and an unusually assured first novel by award-winning young author Taylor Brown.
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Allylu
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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Finished this book - the next #LMPBC Round 10 Group J selection. Sorry, but I have to agree with @Wife , it wasn‘t for me. I know the Civil War and all around it was bad, but how can a person conjure up all these horrible things and expect people to enjoy reading them? 2 stars #BookSpinBingo #BFC21 a bingo for #JUMPSTART2021 #JoyousJanuary

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
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Wife
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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I‘m going to Mail this to @Allylu today. No spoilers for the #LMPBC group. 2/5🐎s I‘m playing catch-up and starting the next selection tonight. @Hazel2019 @Hestapleton

Erinsuereads The synopsis looks so promising! But dang only a 20% rating. Glad you read it so I don't have to 🤣🤣 3y
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Wife
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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My last of 2020 will be my 1st of 2021! Fallen Land is a #LMPBC choice. @Allylu @Hazel2019 @Hestapleton

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Hestapleton
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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Super excited to start my #lmpbc pick! @Wife @Hazel2019 @Allylu

Allylu Me too! It‘s already the 10th! Yikes! 😊📚🎶🍁🍂🦃 3y
Hestapleton @Allylu I know this month is FLYING by! 3y
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MrBook
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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#TBRtemptation post 5! Brown's debut novel is set in 1865. A young couple flees marauders seeking a bounty reward. Callum's a 15-year-old Irish horse thief who saves family-less Ava from pillaging soldiers. They ride Reiver, who carries them through the ravaged South. They're pursued by a murderous slave hunter, tracking dogs, & rangers, & rely on scavenging and strangers' kindness. Finding a safe haven is a tall order. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Kimberlone Coming of age western? Intrigued! 7y
laurieluna I love Westerns on film, but haven't read any books! I really like the sound of this 😄 7y
Texreader I love immediate post-Civil War books. I had a confederate soldier in my genealogy who had to walk home to Texas after the surrender. Sound like Cold Mountain? He was just an orphaned kid when he signed up. I love trying to imagine how he managed those post-war years. 7y
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MrBook
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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#TBRtemptation post! The debut novel from an award-winning young author, it's a historical romance set in the Civil War's final year. Horse thief Callum finds Ava alone in her crumbling home--her father & brother killed in the war--& they attempt to find a place to resettle. Along the way, they must escape an ex-slave hunter, tracking dogs, rangers, and Sherman's March. They ride through a destroyed South on Reiver. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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Daniellesbooks1
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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Could not get into this! It was like the author was trying to make each individual sentence so perfect, it ruined the flow of the story for me. Nearly all the horse terminology was incorrect, and having had horses for over 20 years I was unable to get past the errors. It felt like a fake western :(

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Daniellesbooks1
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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Just started this during my lunch break today

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Milehighbookguy
Fallen Land: A Novel | Taylor Brown
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One of the best first novels I've read in a long time. Good character development and strong descriptions in a well crafted story.