Divchyna na imya Samson

U romani «Divchyna na im’ya Samson» Emi Harmon cherpaye natchnennya dlya syuzhetu zi spravzhn′oyi istoriyi pro Deboru Sempson (abo Samson) — zhinku z Massachusetsu, yaka, obravshy sobi im’ya Robert SHertlif, pereodyahlasya cholovikom, aby potrapyty do viys′ka. Pys′mennytsya perenosyt′ dolyu tsiyeyi smilyvytsi v chudozhniy vymir, schob pohovoryty pro pytannya rivnosti, sotsial′nych norm i zhinochoyi syly. Opovid′ vedet′sya vid osoby holovnoyi heroyini — Debory Samson. YIyi bat′ko rano polyshyv rodynu, tomu divchynka yde pratsyuvaty sluzhnytseyu do bahatoditnoyi rodyny Dzheremayi Tomasa, dyyakona ta zamozhnoho fermera, budynok yakoho stoyit′ posered poliv ta pasovysch. CHas splyvaye, braty odyn za odnym vstupayut′ do lav viys′ka, aby borotysya za nezalezhnist′ SSHA. Debori neabyyak chotilosya pryyednatysya do nych. I koly dvoye z brativ hynut′, divchyna vidkydaye vsi sumnivy, vbyrayet′sya v cholovichyy odyah i pidpysuye kontrakt na prochodzhennya viys′kovoyi sluzhby vidrazu na try roky, schob ne bulo zmohy peredumaty. Nevdovzi bezborodoho yunaka Roberta SHertlifa (Myloho Robbi) heneral Paterson pryznachaye svoyim ad’yutantom. Tak Debora Samson toruye sobi shlyach do voli, ale yiy dovedet′sya obyraty: nesty sluzhbu y nadali chy viddatysya syli kochannya, scho zapolonylo sertse.