THE RIVER, BY MOONLIGHT by Camille Marchetta is a literary jewel set in 1917 New York with characters so clear you could pick them out of a crowd.
This story begins a little after six in the morning when Henrietta Canning gets a disturbing call from NYPD Detective Malone. A lady has drowned in the Hudson River and the police believe it’s her twenty-five year old daughter, Lily. Once the identity is confirmed, the next concern for her family is whether this was an accident or suicide.
As the people she left behind come to terms with this loss, we get to know Lily and what it must have been like to walk in her shoes. It won’t be until the last few pages that we understand completely what happened that fatal night at the Yacht Club.
Marchetta's book would make the perfect book club read! You can learn more about this author and read the first chapter of THE RIVER, BY MOONLIGHT at CamilleMarchetta.com.
This review is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book. Camille Marchetta will be on tour for the month of February. Her stops are listed below. You can also learn more about the author at The Story Behind the Book.
Feb. 1 - Fiction Scribe (interview)Feb. 4 - Book Marketing Buzz (interview)
Feb. 5 - The Story Behind the Book (guest post)
Feb. 6 - American Chronicle
Feb. 7 - J. Kaye's Book Blog (review)
Feb. 8 - The Book Connection (guest post)
Feb. 11 - Virtual Wordsmith (review)
Feb. 12 - The Writer's Life (interview)
Feb. 13 - Beyond the Books (interview)
Feb. 14 - Virtual Wordsmith (interview)
Feb. 15 - Storycrafters (guest post)
Feb. 18 - Families.com
Feb. 19 - Buzz the Book (book spotlight)
Feb. 20 - The Book Stacks (guest post)
Feb. 21 - The Dark Phantom (book spotlight)
Feb. 22 - Blogcritics
Feb. 26 - Paperback Writer (interview)
Feb. 27 - Loaded Questions (interview)
Be sure to check those site out!
Until the next review,
Happy Reading!
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12 comments:
Wow, GREAT review, J. Kaye! Thank you so much for everything you do for us. ;o)
Ooh this one sounds good J.Kaye. And what a great review!
Dorothy and ICEDREAM,
This is an exceptionally well-written book. It deals with problems that hit close to home for me. I hope future book clubs will pick this up for group reads as the author brings about so many points to discuss.
Hello! This book sounds really fantastic to me. I know this one would be one I would enjoy. Please enter me in your drawing. Thank you very much.....Cindi
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What a great review - looking forward to reading this one.
I just have to say that I love reading your reviews - I have added to my TBR pile tremendously. And the book raffle is great too!!!
Thank you for the great review, J.Kaye. Writing and publishing a book is a long term and lonely business. It's only when the book finds a reader that it begins to make sense. And when a reader (and reviewer) responds to it as you've done that it finally seems worthwhile. All the best to you, CamilleMarchetta
Ewwww...sounds like a good one! On the list it goes. :)
I agree, this sounds like a must read. Can't you give me more information J. Kaye? I have chocolate. LOL!
Cheryl
Cheryl,
It's funny you should ask this. I'd debated about revealing more about the book for a couple of days after writing the review. Placing myself on the reading side of the review, I decided not to. I think what made the book so good is knowing as little as possible and letting the author lead me to the conclusion.
Cindi, Kara, and Joy, I am forever thankful to Dorothy at Pump Up Your Book for exposing me to this book. I would never have found it any other way. :)
Camille Marchetta, Thank you for stopping by! :) THE RIVER, BY MOONLIGHT is such a beautiful story - love it!
This one does sound good. Although it sounds like you are trying to figure out what was happening till the end of story but that makes it all the better because there is so many possibilities. Also it sounds a little bit on the same line has The Lovely Bones, which I'm reading right now.
Great I'm putting this on my wishlist
Hope I'm not too late to jump in here! We're always looking for new books to read at my group in Chicago. This one sounds good.
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