Rose Mather - A Tale by Mary Jane Holmes audiobook.

Genre: romance

Set in the Northern village of Rockland as the news of Fort Sumter ignites the Civil War, Rose Mather: A Tale follows a community suddenly forced to measure its ideals against its losses. Rose Mather is young, fashionable, and newly married to wealthy William Mather, and she arrives at the first war meeting with the careless confidence of someone certain the conflict will touch other people first. Around her, the stakes are immediate: gentle Annie Graham wrestles with duty and devotion as her husband considers enlisting, while the sharp-tongued Widow Simms and the struggling Bakers watch their own sons step forward. As neighbors march off, letters and rumors begin to reshape life at home, and the lines between patriotism, fear, and ambition blur. Rose, who can be silly and coquettish as often as she is kind-hearted, finds her world challenged by grief, courage, and the moral weight of class prejudice. With a large cast of soldiers, sweethearts, and rivals - including the steadfast Tom Carleton and the resilient Isaac Simms - Holmes builds a homefront romance where love is tested by uncertainty, sacrifice, and the hard truth that war changes everyone it reaches.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:54) Chapter 02

(00:44:29) Chapter 03

(01:10:15) Chapter 04

(01:39:49) Chapter 05

(02:06:51) Chapter 06

(02:37:10) Chapter 07

(02:59:37) Chapter 08

(03:17:26) Chapter 09

(03:38:43) Chapter 10

(04:05:19) Chapter 11

(04:34:29) Chapter 12

(04:58:44) Chapter 13

(05:19:35) Chapter 14

(05:48:40) Chapter 15

(06:15:39) Chapter 16

(06:55:09) Chapter 17

(07:30:54) Chapter 18

(08:03:52) Chapter 19

(08:32:52) Chapter 20

(09:03:00) Chapter 21

(09:28:09) Chapter 22

(09:55:16) Chapter 23

(10:20:25) Chapter 24

(10:48:53) Chapter 25

(11:09:20) Chapter 26

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