Not Even the Sound of a River
Not Even the Sound of a River
Presley Robertson
, Emily Johansen
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Joseph Chirayil
, Paula Adam
, Jude Castillo
, Sandra Lackie
, Brad MULLER
, Lynn Mullen
, Marilyn Stanley
, Katie Kah
, Pamela Bruce
, Ryan Woods
, Mary Montague
, Joe Mitchell
, Agnes Marshall
, Sandra Furlotte
, Natasha Andres
, Dot Mann
, cassandra schiemann
, Anita Jones
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Louise Walsh
, Jane Graham
, Tami Osato
, toni velthuis
, Deana Bueley
, Sharon Forzley
, Dorothy Wong
, Cheryl Johnson
, Patricia Johnson
, Mary Therrien
, Noelle Walsh
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Julie Farmer
, Barry Kazimer
, Sarah Schwartz
, Joshua Lewis
, Elle Kishia
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Emily Steiner
, Holly Elisabeth
, Lesley Sturge
, Brittney Warren
, Andrea Pole
, Rita Osullivan
, Taylor MaGee
, Joe Titone
, LISA NELSON
, Gabrielle Veilleux
, Margaret McKay
, Robert Hykawy
, Filomena Falocco
, Sara Conway
, Keltey Buchko
, Alanna Virtue
, Adele gallogly
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Shaelyn Johnston
, Debbie Rodgers
, Penny Connolly
, Kathryn Galan
, Richard Scarsbrook
, Vicki Bedford
, Lynn Bechtel
, Christine Lion
, zelda dwyer
, Edward Dalton
, Lindsey Andronak
, Karen LeBlanc
, Sandra Storey
, Kim Fenton
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Benita Hartwell
, Beth Dekoker
, Amanda Olmstead
, Paula Ritchie
, Mary Lester
, Duane Lowe
, Donna Gamache
, Christa Seeley
, Morgan Jefferies
, Huguette Lemieux
, Stephen Pinder
, Rachel Edmonds
, diana kirkwood
, Barbara Leckie
, Debbie Youngman
, Julien Chung
, Elizabeth Blondin
, Kristen Fisher-Poburyny
, Ken Gilmour
, Rodney Cross
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kym Marsh
, Karen Kendrick
, Lisa Mallia
, Michael Edwards
, Mary Mexis
, Julie Kaniak
, Sande Minke
, Ashley Poblocki
, Mary Woods
, Shonna Froebel
, Marielle Cruz
, Jayne Shewman
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Chris Lantz
, Michelle Arsenault
, jane luce
, Marjorie Horsley
, Roland Schigas
, Michelle Canfield
, Sarah McComb
, Julie M.
, Remi Gunn
, Rosa Cross
, Kim Carswell
, Melissa Poremba
, Itraa Gold
, Anna Rowe
, Cheryl Coate
, Alice Meems
, Jill Handrigan
, Sarah James
, Catherine Westerberg
, Cherryl Koylass
, Debra Fisher
, kristine hibbs
, Jennifer Beyak
, Heather Norris
, Shelley Butcher
, Janet Hosokawa
, Stephanie Trotter
, Tracy Campbell
, David Janik Jones
, Janet Miller
, Melissa Dingwall
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Barbara Nickerson
, Audrionna Oliver
, Sarah Dalton
, Cathy L Brown
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Karin Stinson
, Tanis Anne
, Sindi Nika
, Sahar Sa
, Jocelyn Heisel
, Piroska Blanchette
, M M English
, Sue Zahorak
, Patricia McKeown
, Emily Zb
, Rose Hately
, Mary Campbell
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Nora Gould
, Crystal Inwood
, Sharon Bird
, Kim Cappellina
, Claire Gear
, Kathy Russell
, Michelle Power
, P. Thompson
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Lynn Andrews
, Barbara Crossman
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Nancy Reid
, Allison Dube
, Melissa Kohlman
, Dana Derks
, Dian Anderson
, Christine Labelle
, Amanda Schempp
, Deborah hermannns
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Not Even the Sound of a River is a moving tale of love’s phantom pains as shared through the relationships between three generations of mothers and daughters.
Hanna drives down the St. Lawrence River to her late mother’s hometown, hoping to find out more about the distant woman who began to reveal herself only through notebooks discovered in her effects. As the river widens, so does Hanna’s understanding of the matriarchs in her family. She learns that her mother’s one true love, Antoine, died on the St. Lawrence when she was twenty, and that her grandmother also lost a young love to the same water. Both women remained shipwrecked after these tragedies, their tales mirroring other survivors’—such as the few who did not perish in the Empress of Ireland sinking when more than a thousand people lost their lives on the river in 1914.
Told through multiple perspectives, newspaper accounts, and historical documents, Dorion’s narrative exquisitely describes the depths of love, the reality of living when dreams have failed us, and the complex nuance of blood ties. Not Even the Sound of a River is a tender and profound story that defies time or place.
