TWO RIVERS
T. Greenwood
Kensington
Fiction
ISBN: 9780758228772
A haunting new novel set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and civil rights movement is an examination of the power of grief, and the importance of forgiveness.
TWO RIVERS is the story of Harper Montgomery, a widowed, single-father who works for the railroad in rural Vermont. In 1980, twelve years after the tragic death of his wife and the subsequent birth of his daughter, Harper remains paralyzed with grief over the loss of his young wife and haunted by his involvement in what would likely appear to be a horrific, racial crime. Wracked with sorrow and remorse, he wants only to make amends for his mistakes. And then one autumn morning, when a train derails in Two Rivers, and a fifteen-year-old, pregnant, black girl emerges from the water, he thinks he might have found his chance at atonement. But soon, Harper begins to fear that her arrival is not at all the accident it at first appeared to be, and he is forced to not only face the demons of his past but the tragedy that spawned them.
TWO RIVERS © Copyright 2009 by T. Greenwood. Reprinted with permission by Kensington. All rights reserved.
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Critical Praise
"From the moment the train derails in the town of Two Rivers, I was hooked. 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, TWO RIVERS is a remarkable and complex look at race and forgiveness in small-town America."––– Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author of THE YEAR OF THE FOG and NO ONE YOU KNOW
"TWO RIVERS 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 THE BRIGHT FOREVER and RIVER OF HEAVEN
"The premise of TWO RIVERS 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 THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize-winning SET ME FREE
"T. Greenwood’s writing shimmers and sings as she braids together past, present, and the events of one desperate day. I ached for Harper in all of his longing, guilt, grief, and vast, abiding love, and I rejoiced at his final, hard-won shot at redemption."––– Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of BELONG TO ME and LOVE WALKED IN
"TWO RIVERS 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, New York Times bestselling author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
"In the tradition of THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, T. Greenwood’s TWO RIVERS is a wonderfully distinctive American novel, abounding with memorable characters, unusual lore and history, dark family secrets, and love of life. TWO RIVERS is the story that people want to read: the one they have never read before."––– Howard Frank Mosher, author of WALKING TO GATLINBURG
"TWO RIVERS 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, New York Times bestselling author
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