By: T. Greenwood
Genres: Fiction
Posted: March 12, 2009
In the sweeping tale of love and secrets, TWO RIVERS by T. Greenwood is a novel that has been garnishing acclaim from readers and critics alike. The story unfolds in the small town of Two Rivers, where a tragic train accident brings the community together. Harper Montgomery, the main character of the novel, is a man weighted down by the guilt of having participated in a murder, and if that's not enough, he's also devastated by the death of his only true love in life. When he arrives on scene at the accident, he meets Maggie, a young pregnant woman from the south that begs him to take her in and participate in faking her death. Struggling to raise his daughter alone, it seems like more than a man can handle. But, Montgomery is on a quest for redemption and is willing to pay any price to achieve it.
I have to admit I was thrilled to nab a copy of this book. Greenwood's prose is poetic and sensual, but at times I felt the book was nostalgic and I didn't always believe the motivation of characters. However, Greenwood is a talented writer with the ability to capture the human condition.
Book Summary
Set in the fictional Two Rivers, Vermont, Greenwood introduces Harper Montgomery, a man who is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since the death of his wife, Betsy, twelve years earlier, Harper has narrowed his world to working at the local railroad and raising his daughter, Shelly, the best way he knows how. Still wracked with sorrow over the loss of his lifelong love and plagued by his role in the brutal, long ago crime, he wants only to make amends for his past mistakes.
Then one fall day, a train derails in Two Rivers, and amid the wreckage Harper finds an unexpected chance at atonement. One of the survivors, a pregnant fifteen-year-old girl with mismatched eyes and skin the color of blackberries, needs a place to stay. Though filled with misgivings, Harper offers to take Maggie in, but it isn't long before he begins to suspect that Maggie's appearance in Two Rivers is not the simple case of happenstance it first appeared to be.
by: T. Greenwood
Kensington
January 1, 2009
On Sale: January 1, 2009
Featuring: Harper Montgomery
352 pages
ISBN: 0758228775
EAN: 9780758228772
Paperback