{"product_id":"9780062326607","title":"Crooked River : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCrooked River\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Valerie Geary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the inventiveness and emotional power of \u003cem\u003ePromise Not to Tell, The Death of Bees, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAfter Her\u003c\/em\u003e, a powerful literary debut about family and friendship, good and evil, grief and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe is not evil. I am not good. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe are the same: broken and put back together again.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill grieving the sudden death of their mother, Sam and her younger sister Ollie McAlister move from the comforts of Eugene to rural Oregon to live in a meadow in a teepee under the stars with Bear, their beekeeper father. But soon after they arrive, a young woman is found dead floating in Crooked River, and the police arrest their eccentric father for the murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Sam knows that Bear is not a killer, even though the evidence points to his guilt. Unwilling to accept that her father could have hurt anyone, Sam embarks on a desperate hunt to save him and keep her damaged family together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI see things no one else does.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI see them there and wish I didn’t. I want to tell and can’t.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOllie, too, knows that Bear is innocent. The Shimmering have told her so. One followed her home from her mom’s funeral and refuses to leave. Now, another is following Sam. Both spirits warn Ollie: the real killer is out there, closer and more dangerous than either girl can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in Sam and Ollie’s vibrant voices, \u003cem\u003eCrooked River\u003c\/em\u003e is a family story, a coming of age story, a ghost story, and a psychological mystery that will touch reader’s hearts and keep them gripped until the final thrilling page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“From its gruesome first image through its three hundred taut pages—Valerie Geary’s novel is a well-conceived, psychologically dense thrill-ride. At turns surprising and imaginative, this book is nearly impossible to put down.”\u003cbr\u003e“CROOKED RIVER is a novel coursing with secrets and unasked questions....This novel is a literary thriller and a psychological study of the effects of loss, but most importantly, it’s a damn fine book.”\u003cbr\u003e“An absorbing mystery.”\u003cbr\u003e“Crooked River is an ambitious debut with a beautiful soul. Geary’s dark pen is lyrical and tender boasting clever dialogue and provocative prose.”\u003cbr\u003e“The narrative skill displayed is impressive… readers will have a hard time putting this one down.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] swift and beguiling read… [Sam] is finely drawn, an update on Harper Lee’s Scout.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCrooked River\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a coming-of-age novel as it is a well-paced mystery…Geary takes teenage Sam through a looking-glass and then pulls her back with an adult’s sense of loyalty and compassion--a journey equally worthwhile for all of us.”\u003cbr\u003e“[Valerie Geary] captures her readers at once and doesn’t let them go.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062326607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41064898363598,"sku":"9780062326607","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062326607.jpg?v=1648436136","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062326607","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}