![]() ![]() "I really wanted to move the story out of the battlegrounds of the war into a place like Chicago," Perkins-Valdez tells NPR's Arun Rath. Balm follows three characters - Madge, Hemp and Sadie - who are looking to rebuild their lives in that era of loss and hope. ![]() In the years following the Civil War, thousands of people - black and white, men and women - descended on the city looking for a new start. ![]() Her new book, Balm, is set in the postwar period, and it's also in an unexpected place: Chicago. Her best-selling debut novel, Wench, explored the lives of slave women - not on Southern plantations, but in a resort for slaveowners' mistresses in Ohio. How?ĭolen Perkins-Valdez wants to change readers' perspective on the Civil War. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Balm Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez ![]()
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