Cold Mountain, Charles FrazierTurning his back on the carnage of the Civil War, Inman begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war. As he crosses the devastated landscape of the South, Ada struggles to make a living from the land. Neither knows if the other is still alive. This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

she's lost and confused in the face of complicated crises of identity

Snow and Bird are broken apart

[A novel] for all time

Suddenly it's time for fair Juliet to decide whether she and Sykes are meant-to-be star-crossed lovers -- or whether Romeo has been right by her side all along

she has to do The Business

so many wonderful characters and such beguiling incident

she journeys to Europe to seek the full realization of her potential—or in modern terms

but it involves: - a badly-paid job in Hong Kong

author Benjamin Skinner travels around the globe to personally tell stories that need to be told -- and heard

Examples of these concepts include: Reciprocity

as its main characters

Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality