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- What This River Keeps: A Novel
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Break Away Books
summary
In the rolling hills of southern Indiana, an elderly couple copes with the fear that their river bottom farm—the only home they've ever known—will be taken from them through an act of eminent domain. The river flowing through their land, where the old man has fished nearly every day of his life, may be dammed to form a reservoir. Their son, meanwhile, sinks deeper into troubles of his own, struggling to determine his place in a new romantic relationship and the duty he owes to his family's legacy. What This River Keeps is a beautiful and heartfelt novel that reflects upon what it means to love a place and a family, and the sometimes staggering cost of that love.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. 9-10
- CHAPTER ONE
- pp. 11-15
- CHAPTER TWO
- pp. 16-21
- CHAPTER THREE
- pp. 22-30
- CHAPTER FOUR
- pp. 31-37
- CHAPTER FIVE
- pp. 38-42
- CHAPTER SIX
- pp. 43-55
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- pp. 56-61
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- pp. 62-72
- CHAPTER NINE
- pp. 73-78
- CHAPTER TEN
- pp. 79-86
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- pp. 87-93
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- pp. 94-99
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- pp. 100-106
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- pp. 107-117
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- pp. 118-122
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- pp. 123-127
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- pp. 128-137
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- pp. 138-144
- CHAPTER NINETEEN
- pp. 145-153
- CHAPTER TWENTY
- pp. 154-161
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
- pp. 162-167
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
- pp. 168-170
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
- pp. 171-174
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
- pp. 175-179
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
- pp. 180-185
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
- pp. 186-193
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
- pp. 194-202
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
- pp. 203-208
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
- pp. 209-219
- CHAPTER THIRTY
- pp. 220-229
- CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
- pp. 230-232
- CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
- pp. 233-236
- CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
- pp. 237-239
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
- pp. 240-246
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
- pp. 247-256
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
- pp. 257-266
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
- pp. 267-269
- CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
- pp. 270-276
- CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
- pp. 277-278
- CHAPTER FORTY
- pp. 279-284
- CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
- pp. 285-288
- CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
- pp. 289-296
- CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
- pp. 297-300
- CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
- pp. 301-306
- CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
- pp. 307-316
- CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
- pp. 318-322
- CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
- pp. 323-327
- CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
- pp. 328-330
- CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
- pp. 331-337
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253007131
Related ISBN(s)
9780253002365
MARC Record
OCLC
859673455
Pages
350
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No