Where the River Runs

出版者:NAL Trade

作者:Patti Callahan Henry

页数:256

出版时间:2005-05-03

价格:USD 12.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780451215055

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Book Description

Meridy Dresden was once a free-spirited, fun-loving girl. All that changed when the boy she loved was killed in a tragic fire. Now, years later, Meridy must return to the South Carolina Low Country and summon the courage to make a decision that may destroy everything she's worked so hard to protect-including her heart.

From Booklist

With her husband, Beau, busy on a big case and her son away at Vanderbilt, Meridy McFadden Dresden finds herself at loose ends. So when she is asked by a private school to develop a curriculum on the Gullah for Culture Week, Meridy returns to her hometown of Seaboro to do the research, which includes interviewing the family's former housekeeper, Tulu. Soon, these conversations, meant to be a foundation for the curriculum, become lessons in life. Meridy has a dreadful secret, and she knows that if anyone finds out, it could destroy her marriage, not to mention her mother's standing in the community. But if Meridy doesn't face her past, her secret might destroy her. As in Henry's debut, Losing the Moon [BKL My 1 04], and this beautifully written story, the sheer lyricism of the author's voice transports the reader. Fans of such books as Mary Alice Monroe's skyward (2003), also about the Gullah, and Patricia Gaffney's Flight Lessons (2002) will add this book to their list of favorites.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Shelley Mosley

Book Dimension

length: (cm)20.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)14.4