River Jordan

By Augusta Trobaugh

Book Overview

RIVER JORDAN A Novel Augusta Trobaugh Publishing to coincide with The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society. Set in a small town well below the Mason-Dixon line, River Jordan features an improbable friendship among three people who come to depend on one another like family. Jordan, a girl with an adventurous imagination, is hungry for warmth and companionship, since she gets no more than scolding from her strict mother and stepfather. When Jordan's step-grandmother, Miss Amylee, needs a live-in nurse, the family's housekeeper suggests her sister, Pansy-newly saved and released from prison-for the job. Pansy, Jordan, and Miss Amylee form an unlikely trio, and through small and large triumphs, each recovers a part of herself that was lost.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452286603
• ISBN13: 9780452286603
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Plume
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining

River Jordan This read starts out with a woman named Pansy, who is in jail for the murder of her husband. She was beat by him repeatedly and didn't mean for him to fall and hit is head, causing his death. In the end, when someone is dead, someone will pay the consequences. Pansy gets a visit from the Lord, telling her she is to be baptized in the River Jordan. Not sure what this means, Pansy gets freed and goes to live temporarily with Miss Amylee, a position of caretaker her sister Peony has arranged for her. Then we have Jordan, who's mother is married to the son of Miss Amylee. Jordan has spells where she goes to another land, and they give her castor oil for this. Gertie is another character, spoiled and just wants to get out of the town. So she goes on a date with a construction worker and you will have to read the rest to find out the best parts of this book! I did enjoy this book. I gave it 4 stars because I didn't understand why Jordan had the spells, I didn't understand the stepdad and his lack of warmth. It was touched on in the book, but I have felt kind of lacking for a conclusion. A good read though no doubt! ENJOY!!

Ms. Trobaugh has done it again!

What a wonderful book!!! Ms. Trobaugh I hope that you read this so you will know how much I have loved & enjoyed all your books. This one is as good as the others and maybe even a little bit better. The south, with all its eccentric characters, is at it's very best & most beautiful in your books. Your characters are precious & I wish that I knew Aunt Rose & her girls personally, but especially River. Please write more like this.

Absolutely the best!

Augusta Trobaugh continues to improve with age like a particularly fine vintage wine. Her books get better and better. I am a die-hard fan, no doubt!