Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

This story starts off with one of the two main characters his name is Inman (Played by Jude Law) he has been shot during a battle in the Civil War. He decides to flee the war in the very first chapter knowing that there will be men out there hunting him down. Inman travels all the way towards Cold Mountain to live with the women that he loves, Ada (played by Nicole Kidman) whom he hadn't seen since he last kissed her before the war. In the mean time Ada has been learning how to live the hard way ever since her father's death. With the help of Ruby (Rene Zellweger), who was sent to Ada by a friendly neighbor, Ada learns how to look after the land. Iman meets many people on his way back to Cold Mountain like a corrupt preacher, a goat lady, a widow of the war, and bounty hunters. What I liked most about the book was the way that Charles Frazier writes it. Although there was times when I was extremely frustrated I still feel that the book was written beautifully. What I really liked was that after every chapter it was like I was starting a new book all over again because the book switches between the stories of Ada and Inman every other chapter making the reader feel as if they are starting new. At the end of every chapter I was kind of annoyed with the switches because I got so into the story of Ada or the story of Inman and I didn't want to see what the other half was up to, but after a page into the new chapter I was very interested with the other half. I reccomend this book to all readers because it's full of excitement that everyone will like as well as a touch of romance due to the whole reason as to why Inman goes to Cold Mountain in the first place.