Northshire Bookstore Event: Chris Bohjalian in Conversation with Joe Donahue on “The Jackal’s Mistress”

(Manchester Center, VT) On Wednesday, June 4 at 6 pm, Northshire Bookstore will host an evening with New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian to discuss his latest novel, The Jackal’s Mistress in conversation with Joe Donahue of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio. 

In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a stranger. A vivid and sweeping story of two people navigating the boundaries of love and humanity in a landscape of brutal violence, The Jackal’s Mistress is a heart-stopping new novel, based on a largely unknown piece of American history, from one of our greatest storytellers.

“It’s hard not to get pulled in from the first sentence….The Jackal’s Mistress gallops along, sweeping us up in its heart-pounding final pages.”

—Minnesota Star Tribune

“This page-turner from bestselling Bohjalian…will not disappoint fans of American Civil War narratives. The vividly drawn characters and historical details make for a compelling read.”

—Library Journal, Starred Review

“Within a world of violence and injustice, an unlikely hero emerges to save a wounded Union soldier: a southern woman whose loyalty lies with humanity more than any army.

Bohjalian constructs a brutal image of the bloodshed and fear that made up the Civil War, and the compassion and understanding that persists even in such terrifying times.”

 — Michael Hueglin, bookseller, Northshire Saratoga Springs

CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books, including The Princess of Las Vegas, The Lioness, Hour of the Witch, Midwives, and The Flight Attendant, which has been made into a Max limited series starring Kaley Cuoco. His other books include The Red Lotus; The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; and The Double Bind. His novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies, and his work has been translated into more than thirty- five languages. He is also a playwright (The Club, Wingspan, and Midwives). He lives in Vermont and can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Litsy, and Goodreads.

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