Recommended by Dunsborough Book Chat Club

The Jackal’s Mistress, by Chris Bohjalian

Cover of The Jackal's Mistress, by Chris Bohjalian.

The book is based on the belief that a friendship of survival existed between an injured Confederate solider and a union soldier’s life. Without being a student of the American North vs. South conflict, I have enjoyed the difficulties faced by Libby Steadman and the injured solider, Johnathon Weybridge.

It’s a story that also gives the reader some idea of the slavery situation, and how hard it was to resolve.

4/5 Stars