Beauty from Ashes

Eugenia Price, one of America's most treasuredwriters, is back with Beauty FromAshes, the long-awaited final volume in herpopular Georgia Trilogy. Eugenia Price is America'sfirst lady of storytelling. For thirty years she hascaptivated millions of readers with her sweepinghistorical novels of the antebellum South. Now,with Beauty From Ashes, the finalinstallment of her Georgia Trilogy (which includesThe New York Times best-sellerBright Captivity and WhereShadows Go ), Ms. Price returns to herbeloved South, but it's the South of heartbreak andCivil War. It is 1852. After recovering from thedeath of her husband and her parents, Anne CouperFraser is devastated to learn that she has alsolost her home on St. Simons Island. Seeking refuge inMarietta, Georgia, some three hundred miles fromthe solace of her home on the Georgia coast, Annefinds the perfect house -- a place she can againcall home. As she is adjusting to thisnew life the chill of war sweeps in. And ashappened to so many Southern families, the Frasers splitwhen Anne's son and grandson, who are loathe toturn against their Southern roots, enlist in theConfederate Army. Anne, who sympathizes with theUnionists, finds her loyalties torn. Then, facing herown mortality, and befriended by a young Uniondoctor, Anne rediscovers the depth of her faith, andlearns that even the cruelest misfortune does notmean defeat for the human spirit. Filled withcharacters drawn from history, lore, and Ms. Price'sown fertile imagination, Beauty FromAshes is a touching, inspirational story ofcourage, love, and friendship that is guaranteed tocapture the hearts and minds of new and devotedreaders alike.