Saints At The River by Ron Rash

When a child drowns in a remote mountain river, a reporter-photographer drawn back to her native region becomes embroiled in a fierce clash between a grieving family desperate to recover the body and conservationists determined to protect the river’s fragile ecosystem; as the standoff intensifies, community loyalties, professional ambitions, and personal conscience collide, forcing the protagonist to confront complicated truths about loss, belonging, and the costs of preserving both human dignity and wild places.

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