A River Story

by Anna Odessa Linzer

Hardcover, 2014

Status

Available

Publication

Seattle: Marquand Books, 2014. Volume in Linzer's trilogy of Northwest stories, Home Waters. Handbound. Cloth over boards.

Description

American Book Award-winner Anna Odessa Linzer's new novel tells the story of Fish Town, a self-invented community that took root along the banks of the north fork of the Skagit River, near La Conner, Washington. The story is told by a young woman named Rose, recollecting her childhood, and an older man, Leo, recalling his late-in-life romance with both the place and the people of Fish Town.Anna Odessa Linzer is a poet, prose-writer, and long-distance cold-water swimmer. Her first novel, Ghost Dancing was published by Picador USA.

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LibraryThing member ShawIslandLibrary
It is a somewhat rare and deeply satisfying experience to read a novel written by someone you know personally, especially when the writing speaks to you with beauty and grace. This was one of those experiences for me. Linzer's book (the first of a trilogy) reads like poetry and evokes a place, a
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time, and people (La Connor Washington, the 70s, fascinating characters, some native to the area, some transplanted) with a clarity that makes you think you're experiencing something familiar from your past for the first time (or in a fresh, new way). (Brian)
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Novel tells the story of Fish Town, a self-invented community that took root along the banks of the north fork of the Skagit River, near La Conner, Washington. Non-circulating
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