Spotlight of Measure of Devotion by Nell Joslin

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MEASURE OF DEVOTION

NELL JOSLIN

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All information in this post is courtesy of Caitlin Hamilton Summie, President Caitlin Hamilton Marketing & Publicity, LLC 

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Did you know that during the Civil War, mothers were allowed to help wounded sons on the battlefield?

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Fiction/First Novel

Paperback, May 20, 2025

Regal House Publishing

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PRAISE FOR MEASURE OF DEVOTION:

“...Joslin is the first novelist to have written about this conflict-rich situation....an original and important novel....” - Angela Davis-Gardner, author of Plum Wine and Butterfly's Child

"Nell Joslin’s accomplished debut novel explores the loss and destruction of war; through her protagonist, Susannah, the reader witnesses the moral depths of what unites and holds people together as well as what tears them apart." - Jill McCorkle, New York Times best-selling author

"A female-centered Cold Mountain . . . . Brilliantly conceived, exquisitely written, Nell Joslin's debut novel heralds the emergence of a major new voice in Southern letters." - Elaine Neil Orr, author of Dancing Woman

“… bound to enter the canon of classic Civil War literature. That it's told from a woman’s viewpoint makes it unique."—HUNGRY FOR GOOD BOOKS

“A very-polished and impressive page-turning debut novel…”—HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

"An intense, addictive drama with a hint of light at the end of the tunnel."—KIRKUS REVIEWS

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ABOUT MEASURE OF DEVOTION:

In this debut novel set during the American Civil War, a South Carolina mother who's a Union supporter leaves home to retrieve her only child, a wounded Confederate son, staking everything in a mission of danger, privation, and emotional anguish. 

This beautifully written and powerful novel of love despite family division takes a hard look at the cruelty of war, racism, and misogyny, but it also offers hope.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

PHOTO CREDIT:  Mariana Morales

NELL JOSLIN is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina and received her MFA from North Carolina State University.

Besides a fiction writer, she has been a public school teacher, medical librarian, copy editor, freelance journalist, stay-at-home mom and attorney (although not all at the same time). 

She currently lives in Raleigh. Nell Joslin – Measure of Devotion

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FIND HER ONLINE AT:

INSTAGRAM

BLUESKY

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BUY LINKS:

Amazon

Bookshop

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