Narrow River, Wide Sky: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780997068351)

In the vein of The Liar's Club and The Glass Castle, Jenny Forrester's memoir perfectly captures both place and a community situated on the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, where she grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester's powerfully eloquent story reveals a rural small town comprising God-fearing Republicans, ranchers, Mormons, and Native Americans. With sensitivity and resilience, Forrester navigates feelings of isolation, an abusive boyfriend, sexual assault, and a failed college attempt to forge a separate identity. As young adults, after their mother's accidental death, Forrester and her brother are left with an increasingly strained relationship that becomes a microcosm of America's political landscape. Narrow River, Wide Sky is a breathtaking, determinedly truthful story about one woman's search for identity within the mythology of family and America itself.

Author: Jenny Forrester
ISBN-10: 0997068353
ISBN-13: 9780997068351
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2017
Foreword 04/26/2017