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Description edit
From acclaimed novelist Jonis Agee, whom The New York Times Book Review called “a gifted poet of that dark lushness in the heart of the American landscape,” The River Wife is a sweeping, panoramic story that ranges from the New Madrid earthquake of 1811 through the Civil War to the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jacques Ducharme: The patriarch of the Ducharme family.
- Annie Lark: Jacques wife
- Laura: Later wife of Jacque
- Omah: the daughter of slaves. She works with Jacques Ducharme
- Hedie Rails: Clement Ducharme's wife
- Clement Ducharme Swam: Heddie's husband
- Miz Maddie: The mother of Laura's first husband. Little Maddie's grandmother.
- Little Maddie: Laura & Jacques Ducharme's daughter.
- Chabot: Jacques' friend
- Dealie: Chabot's wife.
- Frank Boudreau: Add a description of this character.
- Jesse
- Chappell Jones
- Monte Jean
- Carl
- Vishti: Heddie's friend
- Keaton
- Skaggs
- Jula
- Reetie
- Leland
- Oceana
- Hillis
- Marie
- Billy Shut: Miz Maddie's son.
- Ethel May
- Mitchell
- Pete
- Nelson Foley
- Roe
- Matthieu
- Jake
- Pate
- Dowsie
- Layne Knight
- Orin Knight
- Emma
- John James Audubon
First Sentence edit
The trees were so vertical-that's the first thing I noticed, even before the river.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue-Hedie Rails Durcharme
Part One-Annie Lark Ducharme... "Numberless are the World's Wonders." Chapters 1-7
Hedie Rails Ducharme Chapter 8
Annie Chapters 9-12
Hedie Chapters 13-14
Part Two-Omah Ducharme and Laura Burke Shut Ducharme..."My soul is a stranger." Chapters 15-20
Hedie Chapter 21
Part Three-Little Maddie Ducharme... "Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie." Chapters 22-28
Part Four-Hedie Rails Ducharme..."Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell." Epilogue
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House, NY
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781400065967
Page Count: 393
Publisher: Random House, NY
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781400065967
Page Count: 393
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3551.G4 R58 2007
- Dewey: 813.54
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