{"product_id":"in-the-river-sweet-9780385721325","title":"In the River Sweet","description":"National Book Award finalist Patricia Henley captivates us with this engrossing novel of a woman whose long-held secret will transform her life and her marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom all appearances, Ruth Anne Bond is enviably lucky. Her husband, Johnny, still treats her like a young lover. Her grown daughter is a staunch friend. Her steady work and devotion to the church have quietly made her a pillar of the community. Then one long Indiana summer brings some unexpected communiqués--including one she has both craved and feared for thirty years. As long-hidden truths threaten to emerge, for the first time in her marriage Ruth Anne is faced with memories she and Johnny never discuss: of a year spent in Saigon in 1968--and a past she has yet to acknowledge. Probing questions of family and faith, Patricia Henley offers us a tender, far-sighted novel about seeking answers and achieving grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Henley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.24w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385721325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Henley's first novel, \u003ci\u003eHummingbird House, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 1999 National Book Award and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction Book Award. Henley has also written two books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLearning to Die\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBack Roads, \u003c\/i\u003e and four story collections: \u003ci\u003eFriday Night at Silver Star, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1985 Montana Arts Council First Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Cartwheels\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWorship of the Common Heart: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Other Heartbreaks.\u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have been published in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pushcart Prize \u003c\/i\u003eanthology\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e For 27 years she taught in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Purdue University. She lives in Frostburg, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43232665469043,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5b719c92-2879-4a12-aebc-30d9d2fef6a6.jpg?v=1754049516","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/in-the-river-sweet-9780385721325","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}