Author Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times Bestseller, and her work has been translated into many other languages. Before writing full time, she worked as a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, a job she had before she became pregnant with her first child.
She grew up in Philadelphia as a Presbyterian minister's daughter, and learned from a young age the value that storytelling has. When she was twelve, her family moved to southern Florida. It was here that Patti found libraries and the sanctuary they provide. She started her steady and slow odyssey of comprehending a story's power to get through confusing periods in life.
While growing up, she spent summers on Cape Cod, and started to love tides, ocean, the beach, and the coast's nature.…show more content… Fans of the novel find that this author is able to deliver a great story, one that is realistic enough to happen for real. There are readers who have read this one many times and have been able to see new things each time they have read it.
“Where the River Runs” is the second stand alone novel, which was released in the year 2005. Meridy Dresden used to be fun loving and free spirited. That was changed the moment the guy she loved died during a tragic fire. Since the fire, she has carried an awful secret.
Years later, she is married to a great guy and is the mom to a teenage son. She finds out that a friend from her childhood is getting blamed for the fire. She goes back to South Carolina Low Country and gathers all the courage to make the choice that could destroy her good life, the good standing her family has, the contented marriage she has, and all that she has worked very hard to keep safe. Including her very heart.
Fans of the novel enjoy this author's style of writing, and this one is no exception to that. The book she writes pull you into things with the writing, making you stay until the conclusion of the book, and you always want more. Some like how it explores complicated relationships and there is an interesting plot to the
