Free book excerpt from River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke.
Legends abound that the Potomac River is a widowmaker, a childtaker, and a woman-swallower.
Yet it did not swallow them, only drowned them and belched them back up in the form of three small rock islands. They lie halfway between one shore and the other, each with a wimple made of seabirds' wings. The Three Sisters is a landmark. When you say the Three Sisters, people know you're going to tell about something that happened on the river to cause grief. And it isn't really clear whether it's the boulders or the river at that spot that causes the grief.