Diane Fogel’s Reviews > The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish > Status Update

"The South has seceded now and wants to be its own country, called the Confederacy. Part of me thinks that's okay. Why shouldn't it be separate if it wants to be? But part of me feels sad. A country is kind of like a family. Even if you don't agree about things, you should still stay together."

Thomas is gone. Jeb is gone.

The house is awful quite without them.