River People

Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

River People centers around seventeen-year-old Effie and eleven-year-old Bridget in the late 1890's. They must struggle to survive religious patriarchy and abuse at a time when women have few rights and society looks upon domestic abuse as a private, family matter. River People is a story of hidden strength that rises to the surface in even the most unyielding of circumstances.

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Author Biography

Margaret Lukas taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the Writers Workshop for over a decade. She received her BFA in 2004 from the University of Nebraska. In 2007, she received her MFA from Rainier Writing Workshop in Tacoma, Washington. Her writing appears online and in a number of anthologies. Her award-winning short story, “The Yellow Bird,” was made into a 'short' and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She is a recipient of a 2009 Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist fellowship. Farthest House is her first novel. Her second novel, River People, is scheduled for release in February 2019.

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We Will Survive

It’s a tough time in the world right now, but we are a tough people. In our veins, we carry the blood of ancestors who survived realities we can’t imagine—even now, in the midst of Covid 19. That’s one of the valuable lessons historical novels teach us: The human spirit is powerfully resilient. We are survivalists.

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River People

Baby Sally’s death had been an accident too, but what difference did that make? She saw the toddler lying on the kitchen table. A neighbor woman draped a black cloth over her to keep off flies. Overcome by the sight, Ma doubled over and the woman helped her away and into bed. Alone with Sally, Effie lifted a corner of the cloth, and ducked beneath. She was ten, so much older than Sally. She pressed a hand over Sally’s tummy where her Sunday dress was wrinkled, fussed with her golden ringlets, counted her tiny perfect toes.

“I’m sorry,” she wept. And then, “I want to go with you.”

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Margaret Lukas

River People

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We Will Survive

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River People

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