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Clara in a Time of War

Pennsylvania, 1777: As war rages in the American colonies, Clara Fletcher struggles to make do on her Chester County farm while her husband is off in the fight. Lonely in the woods, with no hope of returning to her beloved Philadelphia, she has no other wish than to survive. Then, one morning her son finds a wounded man in the carriage house and her life takes an unexpected turn.

The man is Declan O’Reilly, and as Clara nurses him back to life, she finds in this mysterious stranger a kindred spirit and the welcome spark of love. But day by day the war is moving closer to her door as the British Army embarks on its Philadelphia Campaign. And once Declan O’Reilly moves on, an even bigger threat will loom: a secret Clara hopes to keep hidden as long as she can, a secret that could ruin her.

With its earthy heroine and irresistible love story, Clara in a Time of War will thrill and delight as it takes readers back to a perilous time in American history.     

 

Reviews

"A compassionate portrayal of a woman whose quiet life is thrown into turmoil...McGroarty’s narrative...takes its protagonist on an engaging path that conveys how earth-shattering events are felt on a local level...the entire novel has a keen sense of historical accuracy that will entice readers who have an interest in the Revolutionary War period.
- Kirkus Reviews
"...Rich with accurate historical detail…a well-researched novel that recreates the past with authenticity…a poignant portrayal of what it meant to be a woman during the perilous years of the Revolutionary War from a unique female perspective.”
- Wendy Long Stanley author of The Power to Deny: A Woman of the Revolution Novel
"A powerful review of the secrets, transformations and challenges that war brings even to isolated pockets of rural life...hard to put down and thoroughly compelling."
- Midwest Book Review
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