Set in the time of the Civil War, His Steadfast Love explores the division of the nation and families in this time. Southern Amanda has the misfortune to fall in love with a Yankee soldier right before he is called back home to fight with the North. Her father forbids contact with Kent because he feels they are irreparably separated in their thinking. What's worse is that her brother Daniel goes off to fight the war for the Confederates. Amanda is torn in her worry for Daniel and Kent.
When Kent shows up later badly injured and the soldiers he's with have taken over their house and appropriated much of their limited supplies, Amanda and her preacher father must decide whether to try to save him. However, as Amanda nurses Kent her heart becomes even more fully devoted to Kent even though she can't act on her feelings. Again she is torn in her loyalty to her family and to the man she loves.
In all of this, Amanda is supported by the black slaves who have been with her family for years. Having spent so much time with their slaves, Amanda views them more as family and even day dreamed of marrying their slave Washington when she was a child. As an adult married Washington is still their slave, but he is also her protector. Their friendship opens her eyes to the painful reality of slavery.
I thought the author did a fantastic job of exploring the issue of slavery from all sides and the division that resulted from that issue. It was interesting to me that the angst of the nation was mirrored in what was happening in the homes across the nation. Will the characters learn to depend on God? Can Amanda and Kent's family forgive in order for them to marry?
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