Blue Rise

by Rebecca Hill

Jeannine Hilton returns to her home on Blue Rise in Mississippi and struggles, amid recurrent family patterns, to come to grips with her marriage and with her feelings about her dead father and her very-much-alive mother

Genres: Fiction

501 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Wangari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I keep rereading this book over the years. An underrated classic! A witty and accurate observation of the different aspects womanhood; being a daughter, mother, wife, career professional in the context of the South. A detached yet empathetic view of adulthood, the changes we go through as we move from stage to stage. "I am here because my life doesn't work, and in taking the thing apart and putting it back together again, I don't seem to find pieces."

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny this book must be out of print but I read it about 20 years ago and I loved it. Wonderful study of family relationships and so well written. I love the language.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read about an unhappy wife and mother.