By T. Greenwood

T. Greenwood's new novel is a strong, haunting story of putting up with love, harmful secrets and techniques, and possibilities that arrive in cover . . .

In Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery resides a lifestyles overshadowed via grief and guilt. because the demise of his spouse, Betsy, twelve years past, Harper has narrowed his international to operating on the neighborhood railroad and elevating his daughter, Shelly, the way he is aware how. nonetheless wracked with sorrow over the lack of his life-long love and laid low with his position in a brutal, long-ago crime, he wishes simply to atone for his previous errors.

Then one fall day, a teach derails in Rivers, and amid the wreckage Harper reveals an unforeseen likelihood at atonement. one of many survivors, a pregnant fifteen-year-old lady with mismatched eyes and dermis the colour of blackberries, wishes a spot to stick. although choked with misgivings, Harper deals to take Maggie in. however it isn't really lengthy ahead of he starts off to suspect that Maggie's visual appeal in Rivers isn't the basic case of happenstance it first looked to be.

"TWO RIVERS is a dismal and beautiful elegy, full of heartbreak that turns itself into wish and forgiveness. I felt so moved by way of this luminous novel." --Luanne Rice, New York occasions bestselling writer

"Two Rivers is a convergence of stories, a reminder that the prior by no means washes away, and but, in T. Greenwood's tender dealing with of time long gone and time to come back, love and forgiveness wait at the different aspect of what lifestyles does to us and what we do to it. This novel is a delicate and suspenseful portrayal of family members and the binds that bind." --Lee Martin, writer of The shiny endlessly and River of Heaven

"The premise of TWO RIVERS is appealing: the very morning a perilous teach derailment upsets the stability of a sleepy Vermont city, a mysterious woman appear on Harper Montgomery's doorstep, forcing him to dredge up a life of memories--from his happy, indelible youth to his lonely, modern life. so much of all, he needs to glance hard and long at that bad evening twelve years in the past, whilst every thing he held expensive was once taken from him, and he, in flip, took again. T. Greenwood's novel is filled with love, betrayal, misplaced hopes, and a burning query: is it ever too overdue to discover redemption?" - Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, writer of The results of Light and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize-winning Set Me Free

"From the instant the educate derails within the city of 2 Rivers, i used to be hooked. who's this mysterious younger stranger named Maggie, and what's she working from? In Two Rivers, T. Greenwood weaves a haunting tale during which the sins of the previous threaten to wreck the delicate equilibrium of the current. Ripe with stunning twists and heart-breakingly genuine characters, Two Rivers is a awesome and complicated examine race and forgiveness in small-town America." --Michelle Richmond, New York instances Bestselling writer of The yr of Fog and No One you recognize

"Two Rivers is a stark, haunting tale of redemption and salvation. T. Greenwood portrays an international of good looks and peace that, as soon as disturbed, reverberates with searing discomfort and inescapable outcomes; this can be a tale of a guy who struggles with the private, darkest elements of his soul, and is ready to struggle his strategy to the skin to respire back. yet also--maybe extra so--it is the tale of a guy who learns the real which means of relatives: while i'm with you, i'm domestic. A memorable, robust work." --Garth Stein, New York occasions bestselling writer of The artwork of Racing within the Rain

Praise for T. Greenwood's Novels

Undressing The Moon

"This appealing tale, eloquently informed, calls for consciousness. hugely recommended." –Library Journal (starred overview)

"Greenwood has skillfully controlled to create a singular with unforgettable characters, finely honed descriptions, and gorgeous imagery." –Book highway USA

"A lyrical, delicately affecting tale." –Publishers Weekly

closer Than The Sky

"Greenwood is an guaranteed consultant via this unusual territory; she has a lush, evocative style." –The ny instances ebook Review

"Greenwood writes with grace and compassion approximately loyalty and betrayal, love and redemption during this completely soaking up novel approximately daughters and mothers." –Ursula Hegi, writer of Stones from the River

"A complex tale of affection and abuse informed with a directness and depth that packs a lightning charge." –Booklist

respiring Water

"A brilliant, somberly attractive first book." –Larry McMurtry, writer of Lonesome Dove

"A poignant, clear-eyed first novel. . .filled with cautious poetic description. . .the tale woven skillfully." –The ny instances e-book Review