Feb 4, 2015

NEVERHOME- Laird Hunt

I was strong and he was not so it was me went to war to defend the Republic. I stepped across the border out of Indiana into Ohio. Twenty dollars, two salt-pork sandwiches, and I took jerky, biscuits, six old apples, fresh underthings and a blanket too.

Neverhome is set during the American Civil War. The main female character goes to war dressed as a man. We created a period photograph for the front and back cover of this jacket. The image was shot against a white sheet in a garden; a colleague was dressed in a soldier’s uniform and a dress, both hired from Angels the Costumiers.

The novel is published tomorrow by Chatto &Windus.

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