A new edition of Eugenia Prices final novel presented by Turner PublishingFrom one of Americas bestloved storytellers The Waiting Time is an ambitious romantic historically rich epic sure to delight new and loyal readers alike.Spirited Abigail Banes dreams her newly married life coastal Georgia will be lived amid spreading magnolia trees where lovers walk and whisper along blossomlined paths. But her dreams are shattered when a fatal accident claims her husband Eli leaving her sole proprietor of their rice plantationand the slaves that work the magnificent land.Forging a new life for herself Abby finds a new identityas a feminist before her time and abolitionist before there is a way to free slaves. As she struggles with her inheritance Abby finds herself turning to her new overseer Thaddeus Greene. And at a time when love is forbidden to her Abby realizes Thad is destined to take Elis place in her heart. Eli could never have known that by hiring Thad he had given a lasting gift to his beloved wifefor from the moment Abby gazes into Thads penetrating gray eyes she knows she will never be alone again.With The Waiting Time Ms. Price felt she had found the perfect title for her book as it captures the dual strands of this entrancing story the wait for the beginning of the Civil War and for the end of the time custom dictates Abby must wait before she and Thad can be together. This compelling novel which brings a human face to a nation braced for Southern secession embraces the unrelenting passion that marks an incredible love story.