I have a new favorite historical fiction author and her name is Lynn Austin. I just this morning finished reading All Things New. Set in the south, just after the end of the Civil War, Josephine is adapting to the changes around her but the rest of her family is not. Her mother thinks it's terrible that she works in the garden or sews a dress. Josephine doesn't like being bored. Josephine makes friends with Lizzie the slave. Her mother, brother, and younger sister are appalled. Josephine is right but will the rest of the family come to that same conclusion?
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