You might be a cavalry officer in the Shenandoah Valley or a Vermont Widow in 1864. Or you might be a lawyer or activist in Richmond, Virginia in 20200.

Chris Bohjalian's novel is historical fiction that moves back and forth between the very recent past and the Civil War.

But he will use your name as a character in the novel. Support the Middlebury Rotary by buying a name for yourself or for someone you love.

As the old TV ads used to say "makes a great gift"