Peace Like a River
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- 9,49 €
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- 9,49 €
Publisher Description
A heartwarming tale of fathers, sons, and the river that binds them.
Elwin McClennon returns to his Lowcountry South Carolina hometown after fifteen years, drawn back by his dying father. Accompanied by his thirteen-year-old son, Thom, Elwin seeks to reconcile with his father along the banks of the syrup-slow Black River. This Southern fiction explores the intricate bonds that define families.
Can Elwin and his father bridge the gap of their complicated pasts? Peace Like a River is a captivating exploration of forgiveness, redemption, and the enduring power of family. It invites readers into a world where love and loss intersect with the healing embrace of nature and introspection.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This piquant outing from Gould (The Hammerhead Chronicles) examines the fraught but loving relationships among a father, son, and grandson. When retired English teacher and part-time shoe salesman Elwin learns his father is dying, he returns to the tiny river town of Kingstree in the South Carolina Lowcountry for the first time since his mother's funeral 15 years earlier. He's accompanied by his precocious 13-year-old son Thom, the product of a one-night stand with Roma, 25 years Elwin's junior, with whom he shares custody. Back in town, Elwin strikes up a tentative rapprochement with "the Old Man," whom he's resented for quickly moving on from his mother's death by taking up with the woman next door. Thom, meanwhile, develops a sweet romance with the bookish daughter of the perpetually stoned owner of the motel where he and Elwin are staying. Gould's sly sense of humor and talent for old-fashioned storytelling keep the narrative flowing briskly along over an eventful few days, as a death takes place, a boat overturns, a snakebite threatens a life, Roma unexpectedly shows up, and Elwin contends with the past. It's a rewarding slice of life.
