In their minds, carefree days of picking berries, reading novels, hiking and, of course, canoeing are all they have to look forward to. While most of us have the good fortune of being far away from those, Peter Heller's novel The River is an excellent reminder misfortune can find its way into anyone's backyard, as it does for Wynn and Jack, two best friends since college orientation.īoth of them being lovers of the outdoors, they decide to take a little vacation in order to canoe up the Maskwa river in Northern Canada. With our environment becoming increasingly damaged from the ever-increasing industrialization efforts of our species, it seems natural disasters have begun striking with a more regular occurrence.
What's more, they come across a man who claims to have lost his wife in the forest, but something's not right. The story follows two best friends since college orientation who decide to go on a canoeing trip, only to find themselves in the throes of a giant forest fire. Peter Heller has never been a stranger to the wild adventures and dangers the great outdoors bring, and in his latest novel The River, he takes us on an expedition drawing from the best and worst of both worlds.
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