false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255575500m/6172848.jpg 2386839 12 With a strong, warm voice that brings the South to life, <I>New York Times</i> bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe writes richly textured stories that intimately portray the complex and emotional relationships we share with families, friends, and the natural world. "Every book that Mary Alice Monroe has written has felt like a homecoming to me," writes Pat Conroy, bestselling author of <I>The Prince of Tides</i>.<P><I>Time Is a River</i> is an insightful novel that will sweep readers away to the seductive southern landscape, joining books by authors such as Anne Rivers Siddons and Sue Monk Kidd.<P>Recovering from breast cancer and reeling from her husband's infidelity, Mia Landan flees her Charleston home to heal in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. She seeks refuge in a neglected fishing cabin belonging to her fly-fishing instructor, Belle Carson.<P>Belle recently inherited the cabin, which once belonged to a grandmother she never knew -- the legendary fly fisher and journalist of the 1920s, Kate Watkins, whose life fell into ruins after she was accused of murdering her lover. Her fortune lost in the stock market crash and her reputation destroyed, Kate slipped into seclusion in the remote cabin. After her death the fishing cabin remained locked and abandoned for decades. Little does Belle know that by opening the cabin doors to Mia for a summer's sanctuary, she will open again the scandal that plagued Belle's family for generations.<P>From her first step inside the dusty cabin, Mia is fascinated by the traces of Kate's mysterious story left behind in the eccentric furnishings of the cabin. And though Belle, ashamed of the tabloid scandal that tortured her mother, warns Mia not to stir the mud, Mia is compelled to find out more about Kate...especially when she discovers Kate's journal.<P>The inspiring words of the remarkable woman echo across the years. Mia has been learning to fly-fish, and Kate's wise words comparing life to a river resonate deeply. She begins a quest to uncover the truth behind the lies. As she searches newspaper archives and listens to the colorful memories of the local small-town residents, the story of a proud, fiercely independent woman emerges. Mia feels a strange kinship with the woman who, like her, suffered fears, betrayal, the death of loved ones, and a fall from grace -- yet found strength, compassion and, ultimately, forgiveness in her isolation. A story timeless in its appeal emerges, with a power that reopens old wounds, but also brings a transforming healing for Mia, for Kate's descendants, and for all those in Mia's new community. 2393851 8 7 2008 Time Is a River total:335|5:86|4:135|3:92|2:17|1:6| 335 1281 548 114 5 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 21:22:27 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:23:20 -0700 2008
This is a soothing and rare treasure of a book. Monroe has really outdone herself this time with the story of breast cancer survivor Mia Landan. After a year of surgeries, radical chemo and radiation, Mia is a ghost of who she once was--a...more...]]> 1 2 false true Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 13:25:38 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:30:29 -0700 2008
while the protagonist may very well have fou...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 07:43:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 17:12:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 11:02:21 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:02:28 -0700 2009
This is a novel I purchased one Friday evening during one of my stops at the local Wal-Mart to purchase what I am sure was a buggy-full-of-can't-live-without-items and when I was also in need of an escape from the land of education...then I proceeded to not re...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 21:42:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 21:54:43 -0700 2009 Mia is a survivor. A breast-cancer survivor and a woman surviving the betrayals of a cheating husband....more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 12 20:27:51 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 18:21:10 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 20:27:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 19:19:55 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 10:56:11 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 09:12:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 09:26:08 -0700 2009
It's easy to admire Kate Watkins, a fictional fis...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 10:15:42 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 08:39:20 -0700 2008 1 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 13:08:44 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:59:39 -0700 2009
"I write these words down because I do not want them to come back into my heart. By writing these words down I must face the feelings. It is strange how I feel a shiver of the feeling when I say the word aloud. I shall read the words over and over until that feeling is go...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 03 17:42:55 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 17:45:38 -0700 2008
On a more serious note . . . this was a pretty good book.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 22:45:43 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 22:46:26 -0800 2008
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