“When Jacques was cutting meat for the supper stew from a freshly killed deer hung from a tree by the cooking shed, the dogs lurked too closely again, growling, and Jacques pulled his pistol and surely would have shot them had he not glanced at Annie first, and thought better of it.”~~The River Wife
Hedie discovers diarles left by previous river wives and learns that her story is similar to theirs, especially when comparing the DuCharme men they have married. Love, greed and family secrets swirl around the New Madrid earthquake, and the shockwaves continue to affect everyone. Agee is a professor at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
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