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THE RIVER BY STARLIGHT

Ellen Notbom

Ellen's debut novel is based on true events, but it's her magical storytelling that brings Annie and Adam Fielding to life.

In THE RIVER BY STARLIGHT, Annie Rushton leaves her Midwestern town in 1911, in disgrace, accepting her brother's invitation to join him on his Western homestead. Her post-partum black moods and violence have destroyed her marriage, and her ex-husband won custody of their daughter when the pair parted ways. Annie never wants to marry again, but when she meets Adam Fielding, the electricity between themand his pragmatism, smarts, and spiritpersuade her to try again. Their initial successes as business people and farmers, and their happiness as a couple, is all too soon threatened by world events and natural disaster, but most especially by Annie's recurring and frightening complications after miscarriage and childbirth. In the face of social injustice, ignorance, and their own grief, they are forced to accept a heartbreaking turn of events.

Ellen Notbohm's stunning debut explores a history little seen in fiction and will feel painfully relevant to women today. Readers, I have no doubt, will champion this entrepreneurial couple, their passionate union, and their bright, fragile hopes.

Ellen Notbohm's nonfiction titles, Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes you Knew, and 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger's have been translated into 25 languages and have sold over hundreds of thousands of copies.

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Book Published 2018-05-08 by She Writes Press
Book Published 2018-05-08 by She Writes Press

Comments

...masterfully weaves the story of Annie and Adam Fielding, two star-crossed people who come together in an attempt to bring forth life on an early 20th-century farm in Montana. Rich with beautiful prose stitched together with authentic, shimmering dialogue and a love story that leaves you aching, Ellen Notbohm's debut novel is sure to stun.

Graceful and unflinching.this deeply felt tale delivers a vivid and unflinching look at postpartum depression, marriage, love, and death in the early 1900s.

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There is nothing I didn't love about this book. The language is exquisite, a mixture of steel and silk?the narrative voice uncannily powerful and sure, yet tender. The story will grow tendrils around your heart, squeezing it until you can barely breathe. It's the story of one woman's tragic and puzzling mental frailty, but more, it is a love story, and a heart-rending study of the forced redefining of family. Trenchant dialogue and lyrical prose reveal the very soul of the unforgettable characters in this book. Recommended to any reader with a heart.

Heart-wrenching yet hopeful, The River by Starlight is a compelling and beautifully written debut novel.

The River by Starlight superbly captures the landscape of early the 20th century American West, and the hearts and minds of those who lived there. Notbohm courageously explores life's challenges and mysteries, proving we know not what Mother Nature will deliver nor what secrets our loved ones hold..The prose is beautiful; the dialogue is spot-on; the research is thorough; and the story told so well pages turn themselves. Ultimately, she knits a powerful story with contemporary questions that resonate long after the book is closed.

Filled with vivid characters and descriptions, heartache, loss and the healing power of love, The River by Starlight is a tribute to so many women who were treated unjustly and who managed to find their way and survive. Bravo, Ellen Notbohm!

Magical storytelling .With intimate and poetic language reminiscent of Paulette Jiles and Marisa de los Santos, Notbohm demonstrates that loss and fragility often exist alongside strength and bliss.

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Captivating. vivid language. the writing is exquisite.weaves heartache and redemption together to illuminate the power of love in life's darkest moments.