{"product_id":"the-woman-she-left-behind-paperback","title":"The Woman She Left Behind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1862, widowed Rachel Barnum leaves three children with her farm's hired man in Michigan to embark on either a fool's errand or a hero's journey. Traveling alone into the heart of darkness, Rachel needs to find her son Dwight, a Union soldier dying hundreds of miles away on a Missouri battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a large Rebel force entrenched on a Mississippi River island stymies her mission, Rachel fears she won't find Dwight in time to save him. And she despairs each day she's gone from her 10-year-old twin girls and another son, 16, who can't abide the hired man. With time running out, Rachel faces an agonizing decision: abandon her firstborn to the ravages of war and go back to family and the man she loves? Or fight on against all odds?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil her death at age 96, Rachel reveled in sharing her life's tales as a pioneer wife and mother but never told what happened as the Civil War's second year began. The Woman She Left Behind is that story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102480896223,"sku":"9798218775612","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qwKLiqObmQ9798218775612.webp?v=1781083337","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-woman-she-left-behind-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}