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About This Book:

Title: River, Cross My Heart

Other Available Formats:
Reinforced Hardcover, 1999
Hardcover, 1999
Hardcover, 1999
Prebinding, 1999
Audio Cassette, 2000
Hardcover, 2000
Paperback, 2000
Paperback, 2001

Synopsis
A child drowns, and this novel details the effect on her family and her neighborhood.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        245 Pages
Weight:        0.5 Pounds
Height:         14 Inches
Width:          8.3 Inches
Thickness:    0.8 Inches



Publisher Notes
After the drowning death of their daughter in the Potomac River, a family leaves their rural North Carolina world in search of a better life among friends and relatives in Georgetown, as they grapple with their loss and struggle to move forward.



Industry Reviews
"[A] warm, graceful first novel....Clarke...brings an affectionate eye and beautifully restrained prose to her fictional archaeology."
(08/22/1999)
"Breena Clarke's first novel, RIVER, CROSS MY HEART, is a sweet read. Sweet like a glass of Southern iced tea on a hot day. Sweet like homemade ice cream from a hand-cranked machine, and just as rich....As historical fiction, the novel offers a slice of not-so-distant life, in danger of being forgotten. As a coming-of-age story, appropriate for adolescents as well as adults, it gives readers...a strong-willed, intelligent, young heroine."
(08/29/1999)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is River, Cross My Heart and it was written by Breena Clarke. This edition of River, Cross My Heart is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is October 1999 and it has a suggested retail price of $14.99. There are 245 pages in the book and it was published by Back Bay Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 0316899984 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780316899987. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.