By Britni Virgil
River's Song, set in 1959, is the story of 40 year old widow Anna Larson and her return to her childhood home after the death of her mother. She does so with the distinct disapproval of her spoiled grown daughter and controlling mother-in-law, who treats Anna like a servant and controls every aspect of her life. As she reacquaints herself with the river and land once so dear to her, she also comes back in touch with her native heritage, a heritage her mother had spurned in life and her mother-in-law loathed.
One day while canoeing in the river Anna encounters an anthropologist who seeks to learn more about the native peoples of the area. She invites the woman to her home to look at her grandmother's things, and they begin a friendship that inspires Anna to convert her parents' home... More...
