Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

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"You'll be swept away by the passion and power of this remarkable, trailblazing woman who risked everything to follow her own heart." – Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Timesbestselling author

"An epic page-turner." – Christina Baker Kline

Named Best Fiction Writer in the Austin Chronicle's "Austin's Best 2018"
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Deborah Clark Vance

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I’m always amazed at how the shallowness of a culture can imperil the lives of smarter people.

Cathy was an active pre-teen girl in pants, still living on the plantation of her family’s former enslavers. When General Robert E. Lee appears with his retinue, he mistakes her for a boy and enlists her – like it or not -- into his regiment as the cook’s assistant. And she must continue to masquerade as a male.

But what does a girl do when the men challenge her in pissing contests? I continually anguished over whether she’d get herself out of such…

From Deborah's 3 favorite reads in 2023.