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Run, River Currents
by
Ginger Marcinkowski (Goodreads Author)
As the last of the mourners departed the ornate Catholic Church, Emily entered a side door unnoticed, walked to the coffin, and punched her dead father in the face. “You’ll never be dead enough,” she whispered. “Never.”
Determined to recover from the hands of a father who sexually abused her and an emotionally distant mother, twenty-seven-year-old Emily seeks the peace she’...more
Determined to recover from the hands of a father who sexually abused her and an emotionally distant mother, twenty-seven-year-old Emily seeks the peace she’...more
Paperback, 227 pages
Published
August 3rd 2012
by Booktrope
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There are important stories that must be told about children who are scarred, whose physical injuries and emotional damage are inflicted at the hands of those society has entrusted with their care. Run, River Currents is one of those gut-wrenching stories. Ginger Marcinkowski has crafted a soul-searing novel about one woman’s lifelong journey for self-acceptance and peace that ranges across Maritime Canada, yet her central character Emily Douay is unable to find a safe haven anywhere, long into...more
Ginger Marcinkowski has written a very real and raw view of what happens when generations of domestic and child sexual abuse happens in the home unabated. If the sexual abuse is not addressed and worked through, rage (“You will never be dead enough”), dysfunction, estrangement, and shame can follow the child(ren) for a lifetime. But the author leaves you with a picture of hope through the redeeming love and power of God.
The author uses unique, picturesque phrases that help you depict the scenes...more
The author uses unique, picturesque phrases that help you depict the scenes...more
Title: Run, River Currents
Author: Ginger Marcinkowski
Pages: 230
Year: 2012
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
This is a very well-written first book by Ginger Marcinkowski. This fictional story takes place in a few small towns in Canada near the border of Maine. The time period ranges from the 1940s-1970s. The author uses flashbacks to the characters’ pasts to show how they have become the people they are today. The author has chosen the extremely dark topics of incest, as well as emotional, physical,...more
Author: Ginger Marcinkowski
Pages: 230
Year: 2012
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
This is a very well-written first book by Ginger Marcinkowski. This fictional story takes place in a few small towns in Canada near the border of Maine. The time period ranges from the 1940s-1970s. The author uses flashbacks to the characters’ pasts to show how they have become the people they are today. The author has chosen the extremely dark topics of incest, as well as emotional, physical,...more
Oct 22, 2012
Patricia Florio
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
grandparents, parents
Recommended to Patricia by:
Ginger is a friend whose publisher gave me the opportunity to receive this book on kindle for free.
I liked the writing and sense of place that I felt reading Run, River Currents. Many children's issues dealing with parents that shouldn't have had children, doesn't make it easy to bite into this book easily. It's tough! It's the type of story that Mary Karr told about her own life in the Liar's Club, but worse.
The writer definitely moved the story forward crafting suspense and foreshadowing from the beginning of the book. As a reader, and if you have children, you will not like the characters...more
The writer definitely moved the story forward crafting suspense and foreshadowing from the beginning of the book. As a reader, and if you have children, you will not like the characters...more
The author does a tremendous job in taking a very tough subject to write about, making it real to the reader, and finding the strength to provide inspiration to those who have suffered. This is a book that needs to be read over and over again so we truly understand the incredible challenges some in society do face on a daily basis.
This is a story that will move you in many directions emotionally as well.
The below struck me because I can relate to the anger sometimes one develops when abused, whe...more
This is a story that will move you in many directions emotionally as well.
The below struck me because I can relate to the anger sometimes one develops when abused, whe...more
Whoa! It's a great book and dark as you said. I believe many ordinary people and Christians experience what Emily and her siblings encountered in the hands of their father. Personally I believe Maureen did more to destroy her children
Yes Denny had no right raping Emily over and over when Maureen knew exactly what was happening. Even when she left Denny, her lifestyle did nothing to reassure her children they were secured. Stephanie had no choice but to emulate her mother. Aaron was an Angel sen...more
Yes Denny had no right raping Emily over and over when Maureen knew exactly what was happening. Even when she left Denny, her lifestyle did nothing to reassure her children they were secured. Stephanie had no choice but to emulate her mother. Aaron was an Angel sen...more
I could hardly put this book down, once I started it. My heart began to ache anew for the children who are sexually abused. I highly recommend Run, River Currents.
This is a really dark book, but the author does a great job of showing the unpolished truth of how a child who has grown up with sexual abuse really views life. Particularly helpful, I think, for spouses or close friends of abuse victims, in that it allows us to understand where the victims' perspectives of people and life are coming from. People don't easily "move on" from the darkness they live in, and this book shows that - while also ultimately showing that Another Way is possible. Not easy,...more
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A beautiful, tragic tale of painful abuse, bitter resentment and the constant, unbelievable hope that persists through it all. This book was difficult to read at times, but only because it is unflinching in the telling of the truth. Ultimately, I called me to a place of compassion, for all. For those who wound because they themselves are wounded and for those who suffer under such harmful cycle.
Well done. Well done.
Well done. Well done.
A chilling story about terrible abuse and how God can heal all wounds.
Very tough to read, but worth it for the message.
Very tough to read, but worth it for the message.
This was a pretty dark story (along the lines of "A Child Called It"), but very compelling.
Though I haven’t read this book all the way But from what I have read of it, I think it is a good read.
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