What starts out as a tragedy brings our main character to a completely new life and leads her to rediscover family and friends. I enjoyed this book immensely and will be recommending it to my friends who love southern literature as much as I do.

.After the sudden death of her husband, a young mother and her daughter return to her family home in Alabama. I have visited this area and was very familiar with the location and I thoroughly enjoyed the author's descriptions.
.What starts out as a tragedy brings our main character to a completely new life and leads her to rediscover family and friends. I enjoyed this book immensely and will be recommending it to my friends who love southern literature as much as I do.

After the death of her husband, Camille Taylor leave Washington DC for her hometown in Alabama. It’s a chance to start over with her daughter and she becomes interested in Mack Phillips, a local fisherman who’s concerned about the pollution leaking from an abandoned building site into the water. Mack has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the property, one of them being Camille’s father. She joins her father’s defense team even as her conscience weighs against her. Camille will have to choose between right and wrong and between Mack and her father.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of this book. I really enjoyed this book, I loved the characters and the heartwarming story. I also really want to see Mack's house in person; it sounds incredible. Very cute book!

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this read. The characters were well detailed and incredibly likable. This story is about how life can sometimes throw you nasty deals but that is just life. is and sometimes it ends in redemption. This was my first book from this author and im honestly eager to read another one!

Thoroughly enjoyable read. The descriptions about Alabama entices me to actually want to explore that state. The characters are well developed and are likable. The story is about life and how it sometimes deals you a nasty blow but then it is also about redemption. Thank you NetGalley and Alcove Press for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. #TheRiverRunsSouth, #NetGalley,

Words cannot even describe how I feel about this book. It was a little out of my comfort zone, but I’m so glad I read it

I thoroughly enjoyed this charming and emotionally sensitive novel from the first page to the last.

Camille Taylor’s temperament never was a fit with the stereotypical expectations of a young woman in the deep South. At age 18 she fled from the constraints of her mother’s criticisms and societal norms in Alabama and never looked back. Years later her life is turned upside down by the untimely death of her 40-year-old husband, and Camille must navigate her grief and her responsibilities as a parent and an attorney with a high-powered position in a DC law firm. When it becomes apparent that she is not coping well, she decides to return to her parents’ home to regroup and reevaluate her life. The story unfolds as Camille reconnects with her roots, realizes the sacrifices she has made in her personal life for her career, and begins to reorder her priorities, namely putting her daughter’s needs first. Along the way she finds a new passion and focus for her law practice and considers the possibility of falling in love again.

Camille is an interesting and likeable protagonist, but my favorite character is her 6-year-old daughter, Willa, who is a delightfully precocious free spirit. The supporting cast of characters add dimension and depth to storyline and keep the pace steadily moving forward.

I appreciated the author’s skill in exploring the emotional, physical and mental impact of grieving for both Camille, as an adult, and Willa, as a child. It was accomplished sensitively and realistically as an abiding influence in Camille’s decisions without becoming maudlin and melodramatic. There is a touch of humor introduced through Willa’s insightful and direct commentary and questions.

Overall, this is an entertaining and engaging read. The author uses a deft hand to weave together themes of love, grief, work/life balance, single parenting, and ecological activism.

My thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the privilege of reviewing this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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