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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416544364
ISBN: 1416544364
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: July 08, 2008
Publisher: Pocket
Sales Rank: 184935
Studio: Pocket
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Product Description:
With a strong, warm voice that brings the South to life, New York Times 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 The Prince of Tides.
Time Is a River 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Let me start by saying the book wasn't bad. Now that that's out of the way...I didn't like it.
Let me start with the most irritating part of reading this book, the story relied heavily on metaphors for all of life's little (and big) problems! So much so that you begin to resent the main character, Mia, for being so "lost" that she must look for meaning in everything.
Secondly,the pace of the book was so slow I found myself dreading picking it up again, knowing I wouldn't ... Read More
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Mia Landan, 38 years old, was tall, slim, and attractive, all pluses for her success in public relations in Charleston, South Carolina. Her husband Charles was a lawyer. They had no children.
Then came breast cancer, leaving a scar where her left breast had been. Surgery, chemo, and worry were physically and emotionally draining.
Mia's six years older sister, Maddie, had been by her side throughout the whole ordeal. Mia's husband had not. Ever since their mother had died ... Read More
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Mia Landon is a former PR exec from Charleston who loses her job and much of her confidence and identity when she is stricken with breast cancer. After a year of the horror of dealing with the cancer and its treatment, Mia attends a fly fishing camp for breast cancer survivors and is so stoked by the experience that she leaves early to run back home to share the experience with her husband of 10 years. He meanwhile is enjoying his own retreat --in their bed with another woman, which Mia discovers ... Read More
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I truly enjoyed reading this. The characters are phenominally vivid. This book weaves several topic--breast cancer, murder, fly fishing--in a seamless narrative. I never thought someone could show the beauty of a trout, but Monroe has.
The writing is fresh without being flashy. Very straight-forward narrative. The ending is sweet and satisfying without being a cheesy romance or Hollywood ending. I felt like I was in the boat with Mia (the main character) and enjoying the ride.
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Southern novels by Southern authors are one of my weaknesses. I'll say up front that my taste runs more to Faulkner and Southern Gothic, but when this book came with Pat Conroy's own recommendation, my head was turned immediately. After all, Pat Conroy is one of my all-time favorite authors for his eloquent prose that can move the reader to laughter and tears in the same sentence. I couldn't resist. And the praise was fairly well deserved, although Monroe is no Conroy - nor does she pretend to be.
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