River, Cross My Heart
River, Cross My Heart
Synopsis
After her eight-year-old daughter Clara drowns in the Potomac River, the Bynum family leaves their rural North Carolina home for Georgetown, Washington D.C., seeking both a new beginning and a way to live with an unbearable loss. Told through alternating first-person accounts from mother, father, and sister, the novel weaves together personal grief with the broader history of Black life in America during the mid-20th century.
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Characters
Clara BynumProtagonist
Mrs. BynumSupporting
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Edition
River, Cross My HeartHardcover, Oct
245 pages
Little Brown & CoISBN: 97803168999945 editions available
