Not Even The Sound Of A River [TRADE PAPER ]

Not Even the Sound of a Riveris a moving tale of loves phantom pains as shared through the relationships between three generations of mothers and daughters.

Hanna drives down the St. Lawrence River to her late mothers hometown, hoping to find out more about the distant woman who began to reveal herself only through notebooks discovered in her effects. As the river widens, so does Hannas understanding of the matriarchs in her family. She learns that her mothers one true love, Antoine, died on the St. Lawrence when she was twenty, and that her grandmother also lost a young love to the same water. Both women remained shipwrecked after these tragedies, their tales mirroring other survivorssuch as the few who did not perish in theEmpress of Irelandsinking when more than a thousand people lost their lives on the river in 1914.

Told through multiple perspectives, newspaper accounts, and historical documents, Dorions narrative exquisitely describes the depths of love, the reality of living when dreams have failed us, and the complex nuance of blood ties.Not Even the Sound of a Riveris a tender and profound story that defies time or place.

“Not Even the Sound of a River celebrates the beauty of what has remained mysterious in others, and is revealed one day, as a result of time and chance.” —Le Devoir “A gentle tribute to the power of art, and a call to life.” —La PresseFor readers of quiet, interior, atmospheric literary novels, Not Even the Sound of a River examines the relationship between three generations of women that will appeal to fans of Annie Ernaux and Marie Claire Blais.

Dorions beautifully poetic novel braids womens stories through various generations. These women are woven into a story that finds its origins in the St. Lawrence River, and that sense of swimming through water, time, and memory is one that is powerful and resonant. Dorion asks readers to consider the vall3w