Yesterday's River

YESTERDAY'S RIVER is an emotional epic, an attempt at the "Great American Novel.” This book deals with issues of friendship, innocence, and love ...in ways that are uniquely American; it yearns for a time when people can look at each other not in terms of class or racial segregation, but rather as friendly faces. The story unfolds as an adult author takes a journey into the wilderness of his own childhood, where friendships actually meant something and brothers looked out for each other. As the writer consults his muse, his mind wanders back to a time when the Mojave River of his hometown offered a path to follow- but because it’s an unpredictable and unreliable river of the desert, there is no way to smoothly navigate its course; the result is a childhood washed away by memories of the future. YESTERDAY'S RIVER. a powerful novel by author Sean McDevitt, is ultimately a parable on resilience as seen through the eyes of a young boy- and yet it can be appreciated by anyone.