A compelling novel… fast-paced and engrossing…. This is a book that readers will not want to put down…. — Historical Novel SocietyIn 1869 Virginia, three women mourning a little girl turn for comfort to Louis, a granite quarry foreman and Union veteran. Louis falls in love with the child's aunt, and his employer, but she is married, virtuous — unattainable. Seeking means to wed elsewhere, he brings a law suit against a cousin who ruined his father. The suit stirs up dead causes and deadly chicanery, while his relations with the mother and sister of the girl child grow dangerously intimate.Rooted in the beloved homeland whose cause he fought against with all his heart, Louis yearns for a woman who cannot be his and for a life that war and time have forever undone.He survived the war to save the nation, now he must survive its Reconstruction … and his own inner war…. Flawless revelation of that time and place. 5 STARS — Ron Andre, A Matter of FancyPraise for Jean Huets' The Bones You Have Cast Down"e;Enchanting and richly historical, dazzling and dark, heartwrenching and intoxicating."e; — Stuart R. Kaplan, The Encyclopedia of TarotJean Huets is author of several books, including With Walt Whitman, Himself, acclaimed as "e;a book of marvels"e; by poet Steve Scafidi and "e;a true Whitmanian feast"e; by Ed Folsom, editor of the Walt Whitman Review. Her contributions to "e;Disunion,"e; the New York Times' Civil War column, include one of its most-read features, "e;Boxers, Briefs, and Battles,"e; a Memorial Day piece, "e;The Union Dead,"e; and others. Her work can also be read in Civil War Monitor, The Brooklyn Rail, The Millions, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, North American Review, and other journals. She is co-founder of Circling Rivers press.
