Martha Conway is the author of Sugarland, Thieving Forest, and 12 Bliss Street, which was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in the Iowa Review, Carolina Quarterly, Massachusetts Review, Folio, Epoch, and other journals.
A compelling novel of female perseverance and the role of women in society set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. For readers of Tracey Chevalier and The Second Mrs Thistlewood In a world made for men, can one pioneering woman break free from ... SEE MORE