Synopses & Reviews
Augusta Trobaugh, with a voice hailed by Anne Rivers Siddons as from and for the South, as complex and resonant as the region itself, in
River Jordan once again displays her gift for creating communities where improbable friendships and history-steeped kinships abound.
Set in a small town well below the Mason-Dixon line, River Jordan features an intricate web of neighbors who come to depend on one another like family. The youngest of the characters, Jordan, a girl with an adventurous imagination, is hungry for warmth and companionship, since she gets no more than scolding from her strict stepfather and mother. When Jordans step-grandmother, Miss Amylee, needs a live-in nurse, Peony, the familys housekeeper and friend, offers the services of her sister, Pansy. Like a breath of fresh air, Pansy, newly saved and released from prison, soon finds her place in the tightly woven community. Pansy, Jordan, and Miss Amylee form an unlikely trio and find themselves enmeshed in the struggles and capers of their neighbors. And through small and large triumphs, each recovers a part of herself that was lost.
River Jordan is yet another beautifully told novel in which, as praised by USA Today, Trobaugh streamlines her rich Southern style and creates a narrative as delicate as a line drawing.
Review
Memorable . . . [Written] with a gentle hand and glass-clear prose. (The Sun (Baltimore) on Sophie and the Rising Sun) A touching story of people finding sanctuary and kindness in unlikely places. (Booklist on Swan Place)
Synopsis
Augusta Trobaugh, author of "Sophie and the Rising Sun and "Swan Place, returns with her latest novel "River Jordan. In it, Trobaugh gives her readers down-to-earth characters with compassion and heartwarming victories that infuse everyday life with the magic of faith and miracles.
About the Author
Augusta Trobaugh is the author of the novels Swan Place, Sophie and the Rising Sun, Resting in the Bosom of the Lamb, and Praise Jerusalem, which was a semifinalist in the Pirates Alley Faulkner Competition. She earned a masters degree in English from the University of Georgia and has been awarded several grants from the Georgia Council of the Arts.