Is a River Alive? Kevin Nelson it's always good to have

it's always good to have a card up your sleeve

Determined to claim her financial freedom

the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar

Pember traces the evolution and continued rebirth of a culture whose country has been seemingly intent upon destroying it

and ask herself whether her magic was ever truly gone

Is a River Alive? Kevin Nelson it's always good to haveA New York Times Bestseller Special Jury Citation for the Banff Mountain Books Prize Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize An ABA Indie Next Pick An Economist, New Yorker, and Guardian Best Book of the Year A Time Must Read Book of the Year One of NPRs Books We Love of the Year A Washington Post Notable Work of the Year As beautiful as the rivers and the hope hes describing. Valorie Castellanos