Jonis agee the river wife book

May 27, 2008 the river wife richly evokes the nineteenthcentury south at a time when lives changed with the turn of a card or the flash of a knife. Browse jonis agees bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Jonis agee books list of books by author jonis agee. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about the river wife by jonis agee. She was educated at the university of iowa ba and the state university of new york at binghamton ma, phd. The title of this book is the bones of paradise and it was written by jonis agee.

Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. These are the stories of ducharme womenannie lark, laura, omah, maddie, and heide. Lark is rescued from the midwestern new madrid earthquake by french fur trapper jacques ducharme and becomes the first river wife. Agee s the river wife emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the midwestern plains. A big, complicated book about smalltown life, in the great american tradition of faulkner, willa cather, and sherwood. Jonis owns twenty pairs of cowboy boots, some of them works of art, loves the open road, and believes that ecstasy and hard work are th. Jonis agee, author of the river wife, on librarything. It was published by william morrow and has a total of 432 pages in the book. The awardwinning author of the river wife returns with a multigenerational family saga set in the unforgiving nebraska sand hills in the years following the massacre at wounded kneean ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. A catfish stew of a novel from agee the weight of dreams, 1999, etc.

Instead, she set out to tell a more contemporary story of life in the heartland, as she had done in her 1993 novel strange angels, which was a new york times notable book, and in her highly praised short story collections acts of love on indigo road and bend this heart. The river wife richly evokes the nineteenthcentury south at a time when lives changed with the turn of a card or the flash of a knife. She is adele hall professor of english at the university of nebraska lincoln. The past continually haunts the present in jonis agee s historical novel the river wife, the story of four generations of women whose lives are intertwined with charismatic, largerthanlife jacques ducharme. The book was selected by the book of the month club, the literary guild, and as a main selection by the quality paperback book club. A kaleidoscopic portrait of misfits, schemers, chancers, and dreamers, jonis agees bold novel is a panorama of america at the dawn of a new century. I assumed it was by james agee and was distressed to see, upon finding it at the library, that the author of the river wife is actually jonis agee. From acclaimed novelist jonis agee, the river wife is a sweeping, panoramic story that ranges from the new madrid earthquake of 1811 through the civil war to the bootlegging days of the 1930s. This is the nebraska sandhills a decade after the armys massacre of more than 200 lakota at w. Strange angels delivers an enthralling family saga set in missouris boot heel, a place so remote, its as if the whole state of missouri has been trying to shake it off for.

Jul 17, 2007 from acclaimed novelist jonis agee, the river wife is a sweeping, panoramic story that ranges from the new madrid earthquake of 1811 through the civil war to the bootlegging days of the 1930s. Author interview jonis agee, author of the river wife. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. She is the awardwinning author of twelve books, including the new york times notable books of the year sweet eyes and strange angels. Her recent book, the river wife random house, 2007, is about five generations of women during nineteenthcentury south. In 1930, hedie rails marries charming spendthrift clement ducharme and moves to his farm at jacques landing.

This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. The river wife by jonis agee is a novel that spans 100 plus years and details the lives of the women in the life of jacques ducharme, from his first wife, to his mistress, to his daughters, and the bride of his grandson. Both want to learn the murderers identity, but while rose wants revenge and believes the killings have to do with wounded kneeagee the river wife, 2007, etc. Buy the river wife by agee, jonis from amazons fiction books store. Jonis agee vividly portrays a lineage of love and heartbreak, passion and deceit, as each river wife comes to discover that blind devotion cannot keep the truth at bay, nor the past from haunting the present. The river wife by jonis agee is a multigenerational, epic novel covering the lives of five women related either by marriage, partnership, or birth to the 19thcentury french furtrapper and river pirate, jacques ducharme. Written by jonis agee, audiobook narrated by cassandra campbell. Jonis agee didnt intend for her 10th book, the river wife, to become her first historical novel.

A gifted writer, agee returns here to historical fiction, the genre that served her so well in her awardwinning the river wife. Jonis agee is the author of twelve books, including five collections of short fiction pretend weve never met, bend this heart, a. A beautiful evocation of this magnificent, bloodsoaked landits sweeping prairies, seas of golden grass, and sandy hills, all at the mercy of two unpredictable and terrifying forces, weather. I nearly put the book back on the shelf but decided to take a chance. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Other awards include national endowment for the arts fellowship, nebraska book award, nebraska arts council merit award, minnesota state arts board fellowship in fiction, loft mcknight award of distinction, and editors choice award from foreword magazine. Three books chosen as new york times notable books. Jonis agee has 17 books on goodreads with 9568 ratings. Agee s stunning novel tells the story of jacques ducharme, a frontier river. The river wife by jonis agee overdrive rakuten overdrive. The bones of paradise is set in late 19thcentury nebraska in the aftermath of the wounded knee massacre, where some 200 lakota men, women and children were shot and killed by u. The river wife lush historical detail, a plot brimming with danger, love and betrayal, and a magnificent cast jacques is larger than life, and the wives are sassy, sexedup spitfires will keep readers entranced. See all books authored by jonis agee, including the river wife, and the bones of paradise.