The River Road

Tricia Currans-Sheehan

ISBN 10: 0898232384 / ISBN 13: 9780898232387

Published by New Rivers Press, Moorhead, Mn, 2008

About this Item

Good Condition paperback 200 pages signed by author.

Seller Inventory # 029134

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The River Road
• Publisher: New Rivers Press, Moorhead, Mn
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898232384
• ISBN 13: 9780898232387
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

“An amazing journey, full of passion, childhood imagination and longings, and unique characters. A magical world, which reminds me painfully how America has fallen from grace.”—Josip Novakovich

This novel in stories follows an Iowa farm girl’s maturity to womanhood as she is raised by her father after her mother’s desertion. Brigid O’Conner grows up to the sounds of rock and roll and distant voices as her father grows into understanding both Brigid and himself.

Tricia Currans-Sheehan teaches at Briar Cliff University, where she edits theBriar Cliff Review. This book is the sequel to her first book, The Egg Lady and Other Neighbors (New Rivers Press, 2004).River Road was recently awarded Honorable Mention in the 2009 Nashville Book Festival.

About the Author

Tricia Currans-Sheehan grew up on a farm along the Des Moines River and now lives in Sioux City, Iowa, with her husband and three children. She received her B.A. in English from Briar Cliff College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of South Dakota. She teaches at Briar Cliff University.