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Shannon Bowring – In a Distant Valley

Shannon Bowring In a Distant Valley review, recensie en informatie roman over Maine in de winter van de Amerikaanse schrijfster. Op 8 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Europa Editions de roman van Shannon Bowring, de uit de Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijfster. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Shannon Bowring In a Distant Valley review en recensie

  • “Bowring brilliantly evokes people’s inner lives through small, illuminating moments.” (Kirkus Reviews)
  • “Bowring concludes her heartwarming trilogy chronicling small-town life in northern Maine on a strong note…[her] compassionate, unflinchingly detailed portrayals of her characters’ inner lives provide depth and nuance. A vibrant, hope-filled story of the redemptive possibilities of second chances.” (Booklist)

Shannon Bowring In a Distant Valley

In a Distant Valley

  • Auteur: Shannon Bowring (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman, Maine roman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 8 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18,00 / $ 12,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de roman over Maine in de winter van Shannon Bowring

Both a love letter and a window into the rural places that have shaped many, In a Distant Valley sets the stage for a final act to play out across a deep winter in snowy Maine.

For a while, Rose Douglas believed life had given her a break. She was enjoying a steady job at the local clinic in Dalton; her two young boys, Adam and Brandon, were doing well in school; and their little family had found an easy friendship with widower Nate Theroux and his daughter, Sophie. The possibility of something deeper even hung between her and Nate—until the day Tommy Merchant, her ex and the father of her sons, showed up without warning on her doorstep. While Rose knows all too well his erratic and abusive nature, he swears he’s clean, and ready to turn over a new leaf.

Tommy isn’t the only one who’s found his way back to the town that defined him. Lost after a disastrous stint living down south with her father, Angela Muse has returned home to Dalton. There she runs into Greg Fortin, the friend who once saved her life when they were children and finally starts to believe there may be someone who understands her in a world that offers more questions than answers.

But secrets are the lifeblood of a small town, and everyone in Dalton soon finds themselves part of a chain of events hurtling towards outcomes beyond their control, where more than one future will be decided. Brimming with compassion and heart.

Shannon Bowring has been nominated for a Pushcart and a Best of the Net, and was recently selected in Best Small Fictions. She holds an MFA from University of Southern Maine Stonecoast and currently resides in Maine. The Road to Dalton was her first novel, followed by When the Forest Meets the River. In a Distant Valley is her third novel.

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Shannon Bowring – Where the Forest Meets the River

Shannon Bowring Where the Forest Meets the River recensie, review en informatie van de nieuwe roman van de uit de Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijfster. Op 3 september 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Editions de roman van de uit de Amerikaanse schrijfster Shannon Bowring. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.

Shannon Bowring Where the Forest Meets the River recensie en review

  • “Bowring brilliantly evokes people’s inner lives through small, illuminating moments, not unlike Sherwood Anderson, and fills the novel with thoughtful and comic one-liners that ring true. . . A moving portrait of the ways people survive palpable, harrowing grief.” (Kirkus Reviews)
  • “Quotidian, yes: boring, no. Bowering weaves them together in their new aspects, giving hints of future possibilities in book three.” (Lavender Magazine)

Shannon Bowring Where the Forest Meets the River

Where the Forest Meets the River

  • Auteur: Shannon Bowring (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 3 september 2024
  • Omvang: 304 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18,00 / $ 12,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van Shannon Bowring

Return to Dalton as Shannon Bowring draws another stunningly human portrait of small town America.

It’s been five years since Bridget Theroux’s death shocked the small town of Dalton, Maine, leaving behind husband Nate and daughter Sophie, now a vibrant young child. Nate doesn’t always know how to answer her questions, but he is intent on raising her with joy–and shielding her from her grandmother, Annette, who remains dangerously locked away in her grief.

After his first year away at college, Greg Fortin is back in town for the summer to work at the family store. It’s expected he’ll take over the hardware business eventually, but finding the words to tell them no–and the truth about who he is–has become his own Everest. Rose’s abusive ex, Tommy finally disappeared a few years ago, though sometimes his presence in the eyes of her oldest son unnerves her. She and Nate are finding themselves drawn together by their children’s playdates, and into a delicate balance between friendship and the possibility of more.

And Trudy and Bev, always so sure of their love for each other, find themselves rocked when Trudy’s husband Richard suffers a heart attack, bringing into focus all the guilt she has felt about their empty marriage for years.

Shannon Bowring demonstrates once again that she understands exactly where the heart of a story lies. Where the Forest Meets the River is a poignant return to the small town of Dalton, whose inhabitants continue to startle and humble both themselves–and us.

Shannon Bowring has been nominated for a Pushcart and a Best of the Net, and was recently selected in Best Small Fictions. She holds an MFA from University of Southern Maine Stonecoast and currently resides in Maine. The Road to Dalton was her first novel, followed by When the Forest Meets the River. In a Distant Valley is her third novel.

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