The River Knows Your Name
A Novel
by Kelly Mustian
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Pub Date Apr 01 2025 | Archive Date Apr 12 2025
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Description
From the acclaimed author of The Girls in the Stilt House comes a long-awaited novel both atmospheric and lyrical, a haunting Southern story about memory, family secrets, and fierce and fragile love.
For nearly thirty years, Nell has kept a childhood promise to never reveal what she and Evie found tucked inside a copy of Jane Eyre in their mother's bookcase—a record of Evie's birth naming a stranger as her mother. But lately, Nell has been haunted by hazy memories of their early life in Mississippi, years their reclusive mother, Hazel, has kept shrouded in secrecy. Evie recalls nothing before their house on Clay Mountain in North Carolina, but Nell remembers abrupt moves, odd accommodations, and the rainy night a man in a dark coat and a hat pulled low climbed their porch steps with a very little girl—Evie—then left without her.
In dual storylines, Nell, forty-two in 1971, reaches into the past to uncover dangerous, long-buried secrets, and Becca, a young mother in the early 1930s, presses ahead, each moving toward 1934, the catastrophic year that would forever link them.
From a windswept ghost town long forgotten, to a river house in notorious Natchez Under-the-Hill, to a moody nightclub stage, Evie's other mother emerges from the shadows of Depression-era Mississippi in a story of hardship and perseverance, of betrayal and trust, and of unexpected redemption in a world in which the lines between heroes and culprits are not always clearly drawn.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781464230370 |
PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 432 |
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Featured Reviews
"The River Knows Your Name" by Kelly Mustian is a beautifully crafted novel that weaves together themes of love, loss, and the search for belonging. Set against the backdrop of a small Southern town, the story follows its characters as they confront their pasts and the secrets that bind them. Mustian's lyrical prose brings the landscape to life, creating a vivid sense of place that enhances the emotional weight of the narrative. The complex relationships and richly developed characters resonate deeply, making it a poignant exploration of resilience and redemption. This novel is a heartfelt and engaging read that lingers long after the last page.