The River Is Home, Patrick D. Smith
The River Is Home, Patrick D. Smith
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The River Is Home
A Novel

Author: Patrick D. Smith

Narrator: Jim Seybert

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2023

Synopsis

Award-winning Florida novelist Patrick Smith's first novel, The River Is Home, revolves around a Mississippi family's struggle to cope with changes in their rural environment. Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion.

About Patrick D. Smith

Patrick Smith (1927-2014) penned several novels about Florida, including The Beginning, Forever Island, Angel City, Allapattah, and A Land Remembered. His work was nominated seven times for the Pulitzer Prize and five times for the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 1999.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Johanna on May 27, 2018

I didn’t want this story to end. As a teacher and a Floridian, I’ve taught from Patrick Smith’s A Land Remembered many times. On the River is his first novel, and is set in Smith’s native Mississippi. The book offers an authentic look into a time long past and culture seldom seem. As ever, I appreci......more

Goodreads review by Warren on January 10, 2019

An exceptional story about life on the Mississippi frontier. Not written in a sophisticated style, but a book that captures the imagination and take the reader through time and space doesn't have to be.......more

Goodreads review by Edward on February 23, 2018

Exceptional......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on April 25, 2025

The southern Cajun accent made it a slower read and a little difficult to understand. I enjoyed the story, but the ending just left me hanging.......more

Goodreads review by Sue on April 17, 2020

Totally a different time in both storytelling and language but enjoyable.......more

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