![]() ![]() Her mother’s one mysterious request is that she never live with her uncle, Dr. With her mother’s death looming, Emily has to plan for her future. The family servant was freed not long after her father’s death, leaving just her and her mother. Emily is already preparing for a life on her own. She wants to pass along the victory to her late husband, who died defending the Union. ![]() Emily’s mother has been clinging to life just to see the Union win the Civil War. With it, though, comes the inevitable death of fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush’s mother, who is gravely ill. Surprisingly, the latter theme is at the forefront of this novel, while the murder of Lincoln works to bring this era of American history to life. An Acquaintance with Darkness (1997), a work of young adult fiction by Ann Rinaldi, focuses concurrently on two very different themes: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the history of medical ethics. ![]()
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