River of Memories

<SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA>Retiree Katie Donahue returns to a small New Brunswick village nestled along the Miramichi River for the last time.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Sitting by the river memories come flooding back of the vacations spent as a young girl with her relatives the McIvers.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Set in the 1940s and 1950s it is a tale of deprivation disappointments loss and death that drive the McIvers to the brink of desolation.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>From life-threatening work on river drives to the loss of their home the McIvers meet the challenges of life with love humorand faith. This heart-wrenching yet heart-warming novel poignantly illustrates the hardships endured by a courageous family and their gritty determination to overcome the insurmountable obstacles facing them</SPAN>