978-1-58838-090-8
1-58838-090-4
6" x 9"
$25.95 hardcover
301 pages
NewSouth Books
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Charlotte Miller concludes her
trilogy with a bold and complex story that spans three generations.
Personal histories intertwine to form a basketweave of rich, lively
detail.
—Judy Goldman, author of The Slow Way Back
Charlotte Miller is the essence of modern Southern Literature. She
has woven her heritage into a stunning trilogy, the latest book of
which, There is a River, is a passionate story of loss and
recovery. It exemplifies a Southerner's deep commitment to place and
language.
—Edward Swift, author of Splendora and My Grandfather's
Finger
This third book in the Janson Sanders trilogy is Charlotte Miller’s
best, and that’s saying a lot, because the first two were fine pieces
of storytelling. There Is A River brings the story home in a
compelling, page-turning way with characters who have by now become good
friends. You ache, agonize, cry, laugh, and cheer for these folks. And
finally, you see how love and sheer determination make us glad we’re
human.
—Robert Inman, author of Captain Saturday, Dairy Queen Days, Old
Dogs and Children, and Home Fires Burning
Charlotte Miller’s vibrant characters and colorful scenery draw you
in and hold on tight, captivating and making you yearn for more long
after turning the final page. A terrific book and wonderful trilogy.
—Vicki Allen, author of For Molly, The Search for Shannon,
and The Return
In There is a River, the conclusion to the trilogy that
includes Behold, This Dreamer and Through a Glass, Darkly,
Charlotte Miller renders a portion of our Southern experience with
delicacy, accuracy, and above all love, rescuing its inhabitants from a
dusty obscurity. Miller creates real people with real lives; more
importantly, she makes us believe in them every inch of the way. She is
a born writer and I for one look forward to every book she will pen
during what I am sure will be a very prolific lifetime.
—Rosemary Danielle, author of Confessions of a (Female) Chauvinist;
Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex and Suicide in the Deep South, and The
Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona
Rosa Way
Miller succeeds at creating memorable, larger than life characters
facing extraordinary odds, and—as in many Victorian novels—manages
to give deserving characters their comeupance as the trilogy
ends...Miller should continue to win fans with her latest effort, which
is steeped in enough historical detail to provide an appealing glimpse
of the ever-changing South.
--BookPage
There is a River is the final installment in Charlotte Miller's
powerful best-selling trilogy that began with Behold, This Dreamer and
continued with Through a Glass, Darkly. The sweeping story follows
Janson Sanders, a half-Cherokee, half-white yeoman farmer from the
Alabama hill country, and his family through seven decades of Southern
life. In book one, Janson's parents died and he lost the family
farm. He went to Georgia to earn a living and there fell in love
with Elise, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Janson and Elsie
ran away, married, and returned to Alabama, where they hoped to make a
life in the shadow of the Great Depression. Janson's dream is
pushed aside as he becomes a husband and a father and finds that he will
do anything to support his family, even work in the hated cotton mill
for the man who took his family's farm. Now this, the final
volume, spans four decades. Janson is called to World War II and
Elise must find strength to support the family when Janson comes home
badly wounded. Through it all, the family survives and Janson does
eventually regain the land. But in the farm crises of the 1980s,
the land is threatened again and it is up to granddaughter Joanna to
save it.
about the author:
Charlotte Miller received a
degree in business administration from Auburn University. She is
the author of a trilogy of novels; Behold, This Dreamer, Through A
Glass, Darkly, and There is a River. She lives in Opelika,
Alabama.
Also by Charlotte Miller:
Behold, This Dreamer
Through A Glass, Darkly |
