The River Is Home - by Patrick D Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

"The River Is Home" revolves around a Mississippi family s struggle to cope with changes in their rural environment. It is the story of Skeeter, a young boy growing up in a family poor in material goods but rich in the appreciation of their natural surroundings. The river they live on is the source of life and death.

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Book Synopsis

Award winning Florida novelist Patrick Smith's first novel, The River Is Home revolves around a Mississippi family's struggle to cope with changes in their rural environment. Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live--with its food supply, steamboats, and floods--figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion.

Review Quotes

"A charming excursion into a lost world of shadowed waters."--NY Times Book Review

A charming excursion into a lost world of shadowed waters. NY Times Book Review"

About the Author

Born in Mississippi, Pat Smith has lived in Florida since 1966, writing about its nature and people. He also wrote A Land Remembered, Allapattah, Forever Island, and Angel City, all available from Pineapple Press.