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The acclaimed bestseller -- a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death. When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the Potomac River under a... Read Full Overview

After the drowning death of their daughter in the Potomac River, a family leaves their rural North Carolina world in search of a better life among friends and relatives in Georgetown, as they grapple with their loss and struggle to move forward.

Five-year-old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters. River, Cross My Heart, which marks the debut of a wonderfully gifted new storyteller, weighs the effect of Clara's absence... Read Full Overview

These are the absolute best of our bestselling hardcover titles -- published in paperback eight to twelve months after our hardcover publication date. Ideal for outreach and nursing home programs.Six-year-old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of... Read Full Overview

Five-year-old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters. The effect of her absence on the people she has left behind is the central theme in this debut novel, chosen by Oprah's Book... Read Full Overview