{"product_id":"two-rivers-book-t-greenwood-9780758228772","title":"Two Rivers","description":"T. Greenwood's new novel is a powerful, haunting tale of enduring love, destructive secrets, and opportunities that arrive in disguise . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery 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 life-long love and plagued by his role in a brutal, long-ago crime, he wants only to make amends for his past mistakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTWO RIVERS\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark and lovely elegy, filled with heartbreak that turns itself into hope and forgiveness. I felt so moved by this luminous novel. --Luanne Rice, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e Two Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e is a convergence of tales, a reminder that the past never washes away, and yet, in T. Greenwood's delicate handling of time gone and time to come, love and forgiveness wait on the other side of what life does to us and what we do to it. This novel is a sensitive and suspenseful portrayal of family and the ties that bind. --Lee Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Forever and River of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe premise of \u003ci\u003eTWO RIVERS\u003c\/i\u003e is alluring: the very morning a deadly train derailment upsets the balance of a sleepy Vermont town, a mysterious girl show up on Harper Montgomery's doorstep, forcing him to dredge up a lifetime of memories--from his blissful, indelible childhood to his lonely, contemporary existence. Most of all, he must look long and hard at that terrible night twelve years ago, when everything he held dear was taken from him, and he, in turn, took back. T. Greenwood's novel is full of love, betrayal, lost hopes, and a burning question: is it ever too late to find redemption? - Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Effects of Light\u003c\/i\u003e and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eSet Me Free\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the moment the train derails in the town of Two Rivers, I was hooked. Who is this mysterious young stranger named Maggie, and what is she running from? In \u003ci\u003eTwo Rivers, \u003c\/i\u003e T. Greenwood weaves a haunting story in which the sins of the past threaten to destroy the fragile equilibrium of the present. Ripe with surprising twists and heart-breakingly real characters, \u003ci\u003eTwo Rivers \u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable and complex look at race and forgiveness in small-town America. --Michelle Richmond, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Fog \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo One You Know \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Rivers \u003c\/i\u003e is a stark, haunting story of redemption and salvation. T. Greenwood portrays a world of beauty and peace that, once disturbed, reverberates with searing pain and inescapable consequences; this is a story of a man who struggles with the deepest, darkest parts of his soul, and is able to fight his way to the surface to breathe again. But also--maybe more so--it is the story of a man who learns the true meaning of family: When I am with you, I am home. A memorable, powerful work. --Garth Stein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Racing in the Rain \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for T. Greenwood's Novels \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Undressing The Moon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This beautiful story, eloquently told, demands attention. Highly recommended. -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Greenwood has skillfully managed to create a novel with unforgettable characters, finely honed descriptions, and beautiful imagery. -\u003ci\u003eBook Street USA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lyrical, delicately affecting tale. -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e Nearer Than The Sky\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Greenwood is an assured guide through this strange territory; she has a lush, evocative style. -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Greenwood writes with grace and compassion about loyalty and betrayal, love and redemption in this totally absorbing novel about daughters and mothers. -Ursula Hegi, author of \u003ci\u003eStones from the River\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A complicated story of love and abuse told with a directness and intensity that packs a lightning charge. -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e Breathing Water\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A vivid, somberly engaging first book. -Larry McMurtry, author of \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A poignant, clear-eyed first novel. . .filled with careful poetic description. . .the story woven skillfully. -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49796103799057,"sku":"CIN0758228775G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50131635798289,"sku":"CIN0758228775VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50360178213137,"sku":"CIN0758228775A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52109297877265,"sku":"GOR007730768","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0758228775.jpg?v=1751452562","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/two-rivers-buch-t-greenwood-9780758228772","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}