{"product_id":"in-the-river-sweet-paperback","title":"In the River Sweet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Henley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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 communiqu s--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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational 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. \u003cbr\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 communiques--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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751734214944,"sku":"9780385721325","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0490e0b0f5451a864a6513af1d2a2128.webp?v=1779978904","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-river-sweet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}