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Claire Blackbourne had lived a life of luxury and protection from the reality of the outside world. When the Civil War became imminent, her false sense of security was shattered. Her family dynamics sent her mind reeling over the life she had known. Her lifelong slave"her property" and her friend saved her time and time again. Once again she is to be tested, and she does not know if this time she will recover. The sanctuary of her bench under the oak trees is where her thoughts help her come to terms with her life. Her plantation, Twin Oaks, is the most important thing to her now, as well as her grandchildren