The Underground River: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072K3PN2P |
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| Number of Pages | : | 585 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Unique and beautifully written novel for lovers of historical and contemporary fiction Martha Conway is one of my favorite writers, and I think this is her best book yet. Set on a river between north and south, this concerns a seamstress on a riverboat who becomes involved in the underground railroad. The premise is fantastic, as are the period details, but it's the protagonist, May, who really sticks with me. She's what we would today call "mildly on the spectrum," but really I think she's . "Great read. Great writer. Great book." according to Daniel Conway. A great read from a great writer.We live just 1 mile from the Ohio River. As I drive Louisville's River Road and gaze across the great expanse of river to the Indiana side, I marvel at the idea that a young woman like May could row across the Ohio with a little baby in a basket! Incidents like this--combined with vivid characters--are what make The Underground River so special.Like The Floating Theatre tra. So Believable That You'll Forget It's Fiction Each of Martha Conway's novels has completely transported me to the time period and into the lives of the characters. The Underground River takes the reader on one hell of a ride on the Ohio River in the nineteenth century. Conway's characters are drawn so believably that I forget I'm reading fiction. She has again nailed her characters' distinctive voices. Her excellent eye for detail makes the descriptio
Lying has never come easy to May, but now she is compelled to break the law, deceive all her newfound friends, and deflect the rising suspicions of Dr. Comfort and Mrs. It's 1838, and May Bedloe works as a seamstress for her cousin, the famous actress Comfort Vertue - until their steamboat sinks on the Ohio River. May becomes indispensable to Hugo and his troupe, and all goes well until she sees her cousin again. Early, who captures runaways and sells them back to their Southern masters.. Howard uses the opportunity to enlist May in her network of shadowy characters who ferry babies given up by their slave mothers across the river to freedom. Comfort is hired to give lectures by noted abolitionist Flora Howard, and May finds work on a small flatboat, Hugo and Helena's Floating Theatre, as it cruises the border between the northern states and the southern slave-holding states. Howard are also traveling down the Ohio River, speaking out against slavery at the many riverside towns. Though they both survive, both must find new employment. May owes Mrs. Howard a debt she cannot repay, and Mrs