The River to Pickle Beach

by Doris Betts

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster, The River to Pickle Beach is Doris Betts' unforgettable novel about small town relation in the contemporary South.

Award-winning novelist Doris Betts's probing look at life in a small North Carolina town richly evokes the summer of 1968. A moving, sometimes startling portrait of people grappling with change and their need for love, The River to Pickle Beach pulses with the reality of the contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684818604
• ISBN13: 9780684818603
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

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The author uses the word, "pinhead" as a way to show the character's voice who is using the word. It is used very well in this case. This book is very clear and consistent as a show of voice for the ignorant, not ignorance of author. Mrs. Betts is one of the finest southern writers that we are blessed to have with us in our lifetime. Her voices are unique, vulnerable, ugly, and very true and this book is one of her great examples of this. You don't have to be concerned with mentally handicapped issues being exploited or abused, it is NOT handled in this manner. It is a distinct character VOICE, not of the author and there is a massive difference when an author handles this with such grace and style. It is a voilent, tender, vivid story that rings true to these characters' lives. superbly written!