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As satisfying as Mary Lawsonâ#128;#153;s Crow Lake and as emotionally resonant as Carol Shieldsâ#128;#153; Unless, Donna Milnerâ#128;#153;s After River is a novel not just for reading but for living in, spellbinding in its impeccable plotting, achingly human characters and note-perfect prose. This
… More »As satisfying as Mary Lawsonâ#128;#153;s Crow Lake and as emotionally resonant as Carol Shieldsâ#128;#153; Unless, Donna Milnerâ#128;#153;s After River is a novel not just for reading but for living in, spellbinding in its impeccable plotting, achingly human characters and note-perfect prose. This is also a work that beautifully renders time and place, as an isolated and harsh Canadian geography is wracked by a seismic shift in the moral and social landscape of the late 60s. Before the wise and gentle River came, 15-year-old Natalie Ward believed her world was perfect: her family would always be together, living and working on their small dairy farm carved out in a mountain valley deep in the Cascades of British Columbia. Natalie would always be â#128;#156;my girlâ#128;#157; to Boyer, her gifted older brother, and the pride of Nettie, her beautiful, charismatic mother. After River, things were changed, which Nettie blamed on the encroaching world: the new highway that would connect the town to the Trans-Canada, the closeness of an America engulfed in Vietnam and violence. But it was River, the young American draft dodger who became the Wardâ#128;#153;s hired hand, who changed everything one summer. Thirty-five years later, the family is still shattered in ways that no one could ever have foretold. And now, as her mother lies dying, Natalie must return to the home she has spent most of her life running from, as the familyâ#128;#153;s dark secrets and betrayals threaten to scar a new generation.
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Add a CommentThis is at the top of my list of books I have read this year. I didn't want to put it down, but I didn't want it to end. It was great as my Mom and I were reading it at the same time so we could talk about the book. Good good read
Captivating story - couldn't wait to get back to it but, at the same time, I didn't want it to end. I have already recommended it to several people.
I could not put this book down! It is great if you like stories about families, relationships and the pain and sorrow of life
Beautifully written. Her vivid descriptions made me feel as though I was actually there.Milner has won many awards for this book and I couldn't wait to read her next book "The Promise of Rain". A totally different subject and it didn't disappoint.
Such a sad story of grief, regret, and most of all love. What Natalie Ward learns of these three emotions will be imprinted in the minds of readers for a long time.
Highly recommend. Canadian author. When I finished the novel I wanted to read more by this author, and was amazed to learn that this was her first novel. Her next one is due in April 2010.
An amazing novel. It has very hard topics that are very emotion gripping. The novel truelly sucks you in when seeing through the main charaters eyes.
white oak nomination 2009
Great book. I loved it so I really recommend it. It was written beautifully, the characters were realistic, it had a lot of emotion and was just simply a great novel.
An easy book to read. Quite thought provoking. Could be good for a book club.