? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-

The River We Remember is about a town coming undone. The townspeople of Jewel, Minnesota love their home. And they also love the Alabaster River that glides through it. They know when to swim in its currents, when to watch the moon cast its gleam on its still waters, and when to avoid its banks when the floods threaten to come. But no one is sure about what happened when the body of Jimmy Quinn, a wealthy landowner, was found floating in the water. The year is 1958: Sheriff Dern, recently returned from war with his own demons to face, is burdened with a town bent on accusing native American Noah Bluestone, a WWII veteran who has recently returned home with his Japanese wife, with Quinn’s death. Aside from Dern, other community members join the investigation: A widow and her teenage son, the publisher of the town paper, and a female lawyer looking for justice, all come together to uncover the murder and to bring light to secrets that Quinn had kept under wraps. The novel touches upon the impact of war abroad and the battles that families had to face when they return home, particularly in the post-war era.

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