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Title details for The River Wife by Jonis Agee - Available

The River Wife

A Novel

by Jonis Agee
Cassandra Campbell
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From acclaimed novelist Jonis Agee, THE RIVER WIFE is a sweeping, panoramic story that ranges from the New Madrid earthquake of 1811 through the Civil War to the bootlegging days of the 1930s.

When the earthquake brings Annie Lark’s Missouri house down on top of her, she finds herself pinned under the massive roof beam, facing certain death. Rescued by French fur trapper Jacques Ducharme, Annie learns to love the strong, brooding man and resolves to live out her days as his “River Wife.”
More than a century later, in 1930, Hedie Rails comes to Jacques’ Landing to marry Clement Ducharme, a direct descendant of the fur trapper and river pirate, and the young couple begin their life together in the very house Jacques built for Annie so long ago. When, night after late night, mysterious phone calls take Clement from their home, a pregnant Hedie finds comfort in Annie’s leather-bound journals. But as she reads of the sinister dealings and horrendous misunderstandings that spelled out tragedy for the rescued bride, Hedie fears that her own life is paralleling Annie’s, and that history is repeating itself with Jacques’ kin.
Among the family’s papers, Hedie encounters three other strong-willed women who helped shape Jacques Ducharme’s life. Their stories, together with Annie’s, weave a haunting tale of this mysterious, seductive, and ultimately dangerous man, a man whose hand stretched over generations of women at a bend in the river where fate and desire collide.

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  • Release date

    July 17, 2007

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415941836
      • File size: 526462 KB
      • Duration: 18:16:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Agee's novel is an edgy tale of survival along the banks of the Mississippi River in nineteenth-century Missouri. While Cassandra Campbell's sweet and clear voice is pleasant, it's a strange match for some of the gory scenes of the novel. The harsh frontier life is sketched in vivid detail by Agee, and Campbell lingers over each intricate description. Campbell admirably creates voices for unusual characters, like the French trapper Jacques Ducharme, and accurately projects their emotions. However, since several characters experience deep tragedies and injuries, the overall story's emotional tone is bleak, and sustained listening can be overwhelming. R.F. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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