Night Watch

In 1874, in the wake of the Civil War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year. When they arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia - delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war veteran who has forced himself into their world - they seek refuge from their brutal circumstances.
Far from family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives. ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid ; Eliza responds slowly to treatment. As their backstory comes to light, they get swept up in the life of the facility - the mysterious man they call the Night Watch ; the orphan child called Weed ; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen ; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution.
Epic and enthralling, Night Watch is a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.