Music of Falling Water
A Novel
by Julia Oliver

List Price: $21.95
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0895872382
Publisher: John F. Blair

Music of Falling Water opens on a sultry Alabama afternoon in 1918 when three sisters react to the discovery of a pile of human bones at the old family gristmill. Could they be the remains of their sister, Rhoda, who disappeared fifteen years before?

In the days that follow, the three sisters--Gertrude, Kathleen, and Lola--confront the memories of their childhood, long since buried or even excised. As they take turns narrating the story, each contributes clues to the mystery of Rhoda's disappearance and, moreover, to the daring sequence of events that led to her flight.

Set against the backdrop of World War I at a time when rapid social and political changes were shaking the foundations of the rural American South, Music of Falling Water tells the story of four spirited, very different women who comprise a family. Central to the novel is a mystery that ends so surprisingly that readers will literally gasp at the realization of what has occurred.

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