{"product_id":"the-woman-she-left-behind-9798218775612","title":"The Woman She Left Behind","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Huggler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunacumen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218775612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuggler, Tom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tom Huggler has written twenty books of non-fiction. The Woman She Left Behind is his second novel.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tom Huggler \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48641387135133,"sku":"9798218775612","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a940ce1c-a645-448c-ac39-0abed96e4e24.jpg?v=1784108104","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-woman-she-left-behind-9798218775612","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}