What This River Keeps by Greg Schwipps
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 344pp
- Sales Rank: 266,654
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: Ghost Road Press
- Format: Paperback, 344pp
- Sales Rank: 266,654
- ISBN-13: 9780981652559
- ISBN: 0981652557
Synopsis
In the rolling hills of southern Indiana, an elderly couple copes with the fear that their riverbottom farm-the only home they've ever known-will be taken from them through an act of eminent domain. The river flowing through their land, the current the old man has fished nearly every day of his life, may be dammed to form a reservoir. Their son, slipping deeper into troubles of his own, struggles to define his place both in a new romantic relationship and in the family heritage. This beautiful and heartfelt debut novel examines what it means to love a place and a family, and the sometimes-staggering cost of that affection.
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A Down Home Good Bookby JRoth
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June 24, 2009: With his engagingly descriptive writing, Schwipps creates characters and landscapes that he delicately weaves together to bring each and every word to life.
You will grow to love each character as they find their way along an often difficult path through the pages and regret the moment you reach the last period on the last page.Couldn't put it downby Anonymous
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June 13, 2009: As a fellow Hoosier, I loved this novel. I hope he writes another. I will be looking out for it.
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