When the Jessamine Grows searchfilter_Film A hero's quest

A hero's quest

told that she's special - the secret daughter of a brilliant scientist

the future seems bleak

or could he

Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby

When the Jessamine Grows searchfilter_Film A hero's questFor readers of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period in American history. Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though Joetta McBride pays it little heed. She and her husband,