num_pages: 272
description: The iconic writer's electrifying first novel is a story of marriage, murder and betrayal that only she could tell with such nuance, sympathy, and suspense—f rom the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean.Everett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, and what happens to them is a tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience—a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California.
title: Run River
titlecomplete: Run River
genres: American, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3301
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group