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In late 2009, Carolyn Keith Hopper lost her father. When her mother's grief over his death turns to a relentless and misplaced anger, Hopper realizes that his passing heralded another loss: that of the loving woman she once knew. Although Carolyn yearns to grow closer to her aging mother, she finds herself pushed away like a stranger. Seeking solace from the tension and confusion that are crowding her life, Carolyn turns to nature. Her excursions to the beaches of Cape Cod, hikes on the mountain trails of Montana, and a vision quest in Colorado help her come to a place of understanding and bring happy memories of her mother back into her heart. River Shadows: A Passage from Head to Heart takes readers along Carolyn's path of healing and illustrates how they, too, can make peace with life's losses.

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"""In these intimate and lush pages, we journey with the author (at once daughter, mother, wife, and woman) as she searches for her inner wilderness, her true nature . . . summoning the world of rivers, mountains, flora, and fauna to guide her to what she seeks most: liberation."" --Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Not the Story You Think It Is and founder of Haven Writing Retreats ""A deeply personal, often lyrical memoir that grapples with life's deepest challenges through the spiritual lens of nature."" --Alan Kesselheim, author of Montana: Real Place, Real People and ten other books, as well as numerous articles for magazines such as Audubon, Canoe & Kayak, Outside, Glamour, and more"

In these intimate and lush pages, we journey with the author (at once daughter, mother, wife, and woman) as she searches for her inner wilderness, her true nature . . . summoning the world of rivers, mountains, flora, and fauna to guide her to what she seeks most: liberation. --Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Not the Story You Think It Is and founder of Haven Writing Retreats A deeply personal, often lyrical memoir that grapples with life's deepest challenges through the spiritual lens of nature. --Alan Kesselheim, author of Montana: Real Place, Real People and ten other books, as well as numerous articles for magazines such as Audubon, Canoe & Kayak, Outside, Glamour, and more

-In these intimate and lush pages, we journey with the author (at once daughter, mother, wife, and woman) as she searches for her inner wilderness, her true nature . . . summoning the world of rivers, mountains, flora, and fauna to guide her to what she seeks most: liberation.---Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Not the Story You Think It Is and founder of Haven Writing Retreats-A deeply personal, often lyrical memoir that grapples with life's deepest challenges through the spiritual lens of nature.- --Alan Kesselheim, author of Montana: Real Place, Real People and ten other books, as well as numerous articles for magazines such as Audubon, Canoe & Kayak, Outside, Glamour, and more

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Carolyn Keith Hopper lives in southwest Montana, where the weather and landscape of the Rocky Mountains inspire her writing. An avid fly-fisher and hiker, she has loved the outdoors since childhood, when her parents would take her on outings on the Concord River and entertain her with stories of the mythical West. She has contributed numerous articles to ""Outside Bozeman"" and ""Rocky Mountain Gardening."" ""River Shadows: A Passage from Head to Heart"" is her first book.

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