Where the River Runs - by Patti Callahan Henry (Paperback)

About the Book

From the author of "Losing the Moon" comes an engaging new novel following the emotional path of a woman who goes back home to face the past--only to discover herself. Includes a conversation guide.

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry delivers an engaging novel about a South Carolina woman who goes back home to face the past--and discovers herself.

Meridy Dresden was once a free-spirited, fun-loving girl. All that changed when the boy she loved was killed in a tragic fire. Since then, she alone has carried the burden of a terrible secret. Now, years later, married to a wonderful man and mother of a teenage son, she is shocked to learn that a childhood friend is being blamed for that long-ago fire. Fearful but determined, Meridy returns to the South Carolina Lowcountry and summons the courage to make a decision that may destroy her well-ordered life, her family's reputation, her contented marriage, and everything she's worked so hard to protect...including her heart.

"Brilliant. Powerful. Magical. Do not miss this book."--New York Times bestselling author Haywood Smith

Review Quotes

Praise for Patti Callahan Henry and her novels

"A Southern woman's journey into truth. An emotionally intense, beautiful, and unforgettable novel. I loved it."--Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River novels

"Patti Callahan Henry's writing is as lush and magical as the Lowcountry she loves."--Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of A Lowcountry Wedding

"The sea sings in every syllable."--Anne Rivers Siddons, New York Times bestselling author of The Girls of August

"A lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, and family and friendship."―Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Weekenders

"Patti Callahan Henry asks the big, equivocal questions about what it means to be a mother, a child, a family, and the answers she finds in And Then I Found You will surprise you, provoke you, and rearrange your heart."--Jacquelyn Mitchard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Two If by Sea

"This is everything you expect from Patti Callahan Henry--lyrical writing, characters worth rooting for, a sure-footed belief in the power of goodness--plus a twisty plot that will keep the pages turning long into the night."--Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of The Opposite of Everyone

"Patti Callahan Henry understands the delicate balance of power inside a marriage."--Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of At the Water's Edge

"This tale of a Lowcountry woman's reblossoming will touch your heart and make you wonder about long-forgotten possibilities waiting to be rediscovered in your own family and soul."--The Charleston Post and Courier (SC)

About the Author

Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels include The House at Water's End, The Idea of Love, The Stories We Tell, And Then I Found You, Coming Up for Air, The Perfect Love Song, Driftwood Summer, The Art of Keeping Secrets, Between the Tides, When Light Breaks, Where the River Runs, and Losing the Moon. Short-listed for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, and nominated multiple times for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for Fiction, Patti is a frequent speaker at luncheons, book clubs, and women's groups. She lives with her husband and three children in Mountain Brook, Alabama, and is working on her next novel.