forgiveness

I love Anne Lamott. Operating Instructions was my gateway book. Then I read Blue Shoe. And, as a wannabe writer, I’ve read Bird by Bird more than once.

But as a spiritually ambivalent, confused, semi-recovering Catholic, I could never quite bring myself to try any of her faith-based books. Don’t get me wrong . . . I’ve read and loved books with very pointed religious messages, for example Buddhist Boot Camp and Mercy in the City. I’ve even read, start to finish, religious books I didn’t like, such as Angry Conversations with God.

I think I was hesitant because I didn’t want to risk losing

Black River is a debut novel by S. M. Hulse. The Montana landscape is a major player in this story of damage, redemption and forgiveness. Wes Carver returns to Black River with his wife's ashes and a letter from the parole board that a prisoner that held him hostage twenty years ago during a prison riot was being considered for release.