I just finished reading Enemy Women, a novel by Paulette Jiles (2002) about women — really, a particular woman — in the American Civil War, for my book group this month. I liked it more than I thought I would, but I will never read it again because it is too harrowing. The writing is eloquent, spare when it needs to be, poetic when it needs to be. The characters (two primary characters) are well-drawn. I did root for the protagonist, a 17-year-old girl named Adair, whose family and southern Missouri home are ripped apart at the start of the … Continue reading Enemy Women – Notes