The Woodsman's Daughter

Hailed as “vivid and unforgettable” by the New York Times Book Review, Gwyn Hyman Rubio’s Icy Sparks dazzled readers—including Oprah—and became an acclaimed bestseller. Now Rubio offers another sweeping example of Southern storytelling at its finest with The Woodsman’s Daughter. Set in post–Civil War southern Georgia, this is the saga of Dalia Miller, a headstrong beauty who is determined to rise above the sins of her father, a shrewd turpentine farmer haunted by a devastating secret. Brilliantly evoking the majestic estates and humble shantytowns of a South in transition and filled with vibrant characters, this epic page-turner with a spirited heroine at its heart confirms Rubio as “one of the South’s new treasures” (Lexington Herald-Leader).