num_pages: 340
description: After the drowning death of their daughter in the Potomac River, a family leaves their rural North Carolina world in search of a better life among friends and relatives in Georgetown, as they grapple with their loss and struggle to move forward.
language: English
title: River, Cross My Heart
titlecomplete: River, Cross My Heart
genres: Fiction, Historical, Coming Of Age, Drama, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 13753
places: Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Thorndike Pr