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Original Title: | Where the River Ends |
ISBN: | 0767926986 (ISBN13: 9780767926980) |
Edition Language: | English |
Charles Martin
Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.12 | 6887 Users | 816 Reviews
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Title | : | Where the River Ends |
Author | : | Charles Martin |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
Published | : | July 25th 2008 by Broadway Books (first published 2008) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Romance. Christian Fiction. Contemporary. Christian |
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A powerfully emotional and beautifully written story of heartbreaking loss and undying loveHe was a fishing guide and struggling artist from a south George trailer park. She was the beautiful only child of South Carolina’s most powerful senator. Yet once Doss Michaels and Abigail Grace Coleman met by accident, they each felt they’d found their true soul mate.
Ten years into their marriage, when Abbie faces a life-threatening illness, Doss battles it with her every step of the way. And when she makes a list of ten things she hopes to accomplish before she loses the fight for good, Doss is there, too, supporting her and making everything possible. Together they steal away in the middle of the night to embark upon a 130-mile trip down the St. Mary’s River—a voyage Doss promised Abbie in the early days of their courtship.
Where the River Ends chronicles their love-filled, tragedy-tinged journey and a bond that transcends all.
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Ratings: 4.12 From 6887 Users | 816 ReviewsJudge Based On Books Where the River Ends
Great love story! Also a look at what it's like living (at times just existing) while struggling through chemo, radiation, and a host of other things that come along with a diagnosis of cancer. A bit of an eye opener since it's not something, thankfully, that I know much about. It was encouraging to see that, in the end, "cancer only steals what you give it." "There are worse things than dying . . . like . . . living dead." The main characters chose hope and lived life as fully as they couldThis story develops between unlikely lovers -- a "starving artist" and the daughter of a US Senator. Married 15 years and she's dying of cancer and has a bucket list, which the two try to complete before her demise. It would have been helpful to have a map of the river trip (I'm a visual learner). In some respects, their river journey seemed so unlikely -- possessions burned by raiders in a bond fire, meeting a defrocked Priest along the way, her ability to rally just as they were meeting
I just. Couldn't. Do it. I tried to read this book, but I couldn't. From the very cover, with its silly Warning: This book will break your heart. I doubted this book. The prose was overly conversational, with phrases like, See that. Thats what I love about her. I dont like this kind of writing. I dont want someone ACTUALLY telling me a story, I want someone storytelling. The difference, for me, is simple. In one, I am consciously aware of the teller, and in the other the words disappear and its
What a beautiful book. I travelled along every inch of not only Abbie's last trip down the river, but her futile battle and her devoted husbands pain at watching and waiting for his wife to die, as well as doing his absolute utmost to fulfill her last request. This book will stay with me.
I have read a number of touching and beautiful love stories, but "Where The River Ends" is in a class all of its own. A friend of mine had recommended I try one of Charles Martin's books after finding out how much I love Nicholas Sparks. His style was similar but also distinct. I found myself marking page after page of quotes I didn't want to forget - but in reality, I'd quote the entire book here because the whole thing was so deeply moving. I found myself wiping tears away long after I turned
Thought-provoking. Review to follow.
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