Where the River Bends: A NovelSouthern Methodist University Press, 2002 - 262 páginas Richard Haddaway's novel is a warm-hearted, realistic, multi-generational story of the Beckwith clan, a Texas oil family dominated by its wealthy patriarch who does his best to mold his children and grandchildren to his narrow views of propriety and restraint. His grandson Stephen watches in grief as his father's life withers under Granddaddy's long shadow. Stephen's own life takes a turn into the same alcoholism and despair that ruined his father. Haddaway's narrative moves through joy and loss, failure and courage. Set near Fort Worth, Texas, the novel takes place from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s. Where the River Bends is a much-expanded version of Haddaway's first novel, Our Island Home (Latitudes Press, 1990). |
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