Where the lake becomes the river
By: by Kate Betterton.
Publisher: Novello Festival Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charlotte, N.C
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780981519210
Subjects: Family -- Fiction; Mississippi -- Fiction; Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Kate Betterton's novel, WHERE THE LAKE BECOMES THE RIVER, was named a finalist for FOREWORD MAGAZINE's Book of the Year Awards and nominated for the Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Prize. The book won the Novello Literary Award, underwritten by Charles and Katherine Frazier's Cold Mountain Foundation. It' was included in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY's Fall Fiction Preview: "...examines the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on a Mississippi Artist." 
It also examines "The Truth About Life After Death," after the father of its heroine, Parrish McCullough, dies, and she sees his ghost sitting beside his coffin--just one in a series of extraordinary events. For more about book and author, see Kate's website. www.katebetterton.com
Notes: "Winner of the 2008 Novello Literary Award."