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"Ripe with surprising twists and heart-breakingly real characters . . . a remarkable and complex look at race and forgiveness in small-town America." - Michelle Richmond, New York Times-bestselling author. In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since the death of his wife Betsy, Harper has narrowed his world to working at the local railroad and raising his daughter Shelly the best way he knows how. Still wracked with sorrow over the loss of his life-long love and plagued by his role in a brutal, long-ago crime, he wants only to make amends for his past mistakes.. Then one fall day, a train derails in Two Rivers, and amid the wreckage Harper finds an unexpected chance for atonement. One of the survivors, a pregnant fifteen-year-old girl with mismatched eyes and skin the color of blackberries, needs a place to stay. Though filled with misgivings, Harper offers to take Maggie in. But it isnt long before he begins to suspect that Maggies appearance in Two Rivers is not the simple case of happenstance it first appeared to be.. "A stark, haunting story of redemption and salvation . . . the story of a man who learns the true meaning of family." - Garth Stein, New York Times-bestselling author. "A dark and lovely elegy, filled with heartbreak that turns itself into hope and forgiveness. I felt so moved by this luminous novel." - Luanne Rice, New York Times-bestselling author. "Greenwood is a writer of subtle strength, evoking small-town life beautifully while spreading out the map of Harpers life, finding light in the darkest of stories." - Publishers Weekly
About the Author
T. Greenwood is the author of thirteen novels. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and, most recently, the Maryland State Arts Council. She has won four San Diego Book Awards. Five of her novels have been BookSense76/IndieBound picks. BODIES OF WATER was finalist for a Lambda Foundation award. Her latest novel, KEEPING LUCY, was published in August 2019.She teaches creative writing for San Diego Writer's Ink and online for The Writer's Center. She and her husband, Patrick, live in San Diego, CA with their two daughters. She is also a photographer.More information on T. Greenwood can be found at her websites: http://www.tgreenwood.com and http://www.ephemerafiles.com (less)
