Eliza: The New Orleans Years

Enter Eliza's world and you will become Eliza. Set in the risky, randy, frivolous city of New Orleans in the early 19th Century, this book takes you into a life so revelatory, so dramatic, so fascinating, you will return to it again and again. Though historical fiction, Eliza: The New Orleans Years traces the life of Eliza Moore Christie Parker---a woman whose spirit flamed as bright and indelible as her hair. Her story is one of loneliness, loss and determination. When an intriguing gentleman kills her husband in a duel, Eliza marries him. She will have nine children, lose one to yellow fever and another to a fall, give birth in a hurricane, and endure her husband's philanderings. This is a story that is truly unforgettable. Notes at the end of the book illuminate many historical details of Eliza's city and times.