What the river means
By: Elizabeth Hodges.
Series: Emerging writers in creative nonfiction
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Hodges, Elizabeth, 1953-; Pennsylvania -- Biography.; Maryland -- Biography.; Severn River (Md.) -- Description and travel.
Description: What the River Means is a narrative about growing up, about accepting who we become and how we come to be that way, and about the common influences that shape our lives - often in differing ways.

Through memorable stories, Elizabeth Hodges examines the importance of place in who we become and the importance of naming one's world in order to live well in it. She relates memories, trying to make sense of them in ways that will provide some truth in the present day, admitting the lengths that children go to make sense of adult worlds and situations, and to negotiate change and tragedy.

What the River Means will be enjoyed by all of us who have a love of and interest in family, in relationships between the generations, and an appreciation of life on a river.
Table of contents: title: Faces pouring past me talking; title: My grandfather and the fish; title: Decapitating crocuses on Easter morning; title: My grandmother and the colonel; title: Death by African violet; title: Learning to name; title: Blood and blue willow; title: Jim Brew; title: Dreams of push-button eyes; title: Radio wars; title: The second time I almost died; title: Gloria sings; title: Before the storm; title: To feel the cords that bind; title: Crossing with deer, Providence Road; title: The world when we are not in it; title: What the river means.