River, Cross My Heart

River, Cross My Heart

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name = River, Cross My Heart
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author = Breena Clarke
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country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Novel
publisher = Little, Brown
release_date = 1999
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 251 pp
isbn = ISBN 0316144231
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"River, Cross My Heart" is a novel by Breena Clarke, and was chosen as an Oprah Book Club Selection October 1999.

Plot introduction

The Potomac River claims the death of the daughter by drowning, and the family leaves their rural North Carolina world in search of a better life among friends and relatives in Georgetown. The seek to come to terms with their loss.


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