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Title: Tomorrow River

Author: Lesley Kagen

Narrator: Lesley Kagen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

During the summer of 1968 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, eleven-year-old Shenandoah Carmody's mother disappeared. Her twin sister, Woody, stopped speaking, and her once-loving father slipped into a mean drunkenness unbefitting a superior court judge. As the first anniversary of their mother's disappearance nears, her father's threat to send Woody away and his hints at an impending remarriage spur a desperate Shenny - who was named for the Shenandoah Valley - to find her mother before its too late. While struggling to get her mute twin to reveal what she knows about the night their mother vanished, Shenny is ultimately swept up in a series of heartbreaking events that will force her to face the painful truth about herself and her family.

Members Reviews:

One More Time, Please.

The story is narrated from the perspective of a child. The writing is OK, but not nearly as good as her first book "Whistling In The Dark." Actually, if she could do a "do over" on this one it might work better. The story line just completely falls apart midway through the book. The portrayal of the father is very weak. The potential for a good story is there, but it just wasn't thought through and developed. Ms. Kagen can do much better than this.

Good But Problematic

Tomorrow River lacked the authenticity of her first novel. She struggled with the southern setting and over worked the dialect. As a Southerner, her language hurt my ears and her true grasp of the understanding of the region was sad. The book was okay but I recommend the eBook The Haunting of Widow's Walk available at Barnes and Nobles if you want a truly GREAT read and mystery. You won't doze off reading it as I did with this book.

Unbearable

I just couldn't with this book. I couldn't believe it was written by Kagen. First, the story line is extremely difficult to follow when the narrator flashes back--it takes a moment to figure out if she's in the present or if she's telling a past story. You will ask yourself, is this told from the 12 year old's perspective or the adult looking back? It's just not believable that a 12 year old would say some of these cliches and insights.

The dialogue is just unbelievable--for instance, some of the exchanges between the main character and the housekeeper--you just could never hear these sorts of dialogues in your head.

And not only is the storyline difficult to follow, it's completely unbelievable. I'm all for happy endings, but the way in which everything ends up in a neat bow is sloppy and sort of insulting to the reader. I loved Whistling in the Dark; however, I doubt I'll be reading another Kagen book if they're anything like Tomorrow River. I was disappointed in myself for seeing it through to the end.

Amazingly !!

Find a comfy chair , a smile , and a box of tissues ! I didn't want this story to end ! I read a lot of books , but this is the fastest I've ever read ! This is the first book I've read by this author, and I intend on reading so much more of her work ! The only negative is that I typically don't spend more than $10 bucks on a kindle book . A hard copy yes , but there are usually so many titles i can read inexpensively on the kindle.