Robert Hicks

Praise for The Widow of the South

'It is a wonderful novel about what war does to its participants - not only the soldiers, but the families pulled from the periphery onto the battlefield. Hicks has perfected the art of mixing fact and fiction, and ...

Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

A wonderful read. Blends the historical and the personal with a master stroyteller's skill

San Francisco Chronicle

Written with lyrical beauty, arresting images as well as a compelling storyline

People

'It is a wonderful novel about what war does to its participants - not only the soldiers, but the families pulled from the periphery onto the battlefield. Hicks has perfected the art of mixing fact and fiction, and ...

Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

A wonderful read. Blends the historical and the personal with a master stroyteller's skill

San Francisco Chronicle

Written with lyrical beauty, arresting images as well as a compelling storyline

People

'It is a wonderful novel about what war does to its participants - not only the soldiers, but the families pulled from the periphery onto the battlefield. Hicks has perfected the art of mixing fact and fiction, and ...

Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

A wonderful read. Blends the historical and the personal with a master stroyteller's skill

San Francisco Chronicle

Written with lyrical beauty, arresting images as well as a compelling storyline

People