I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.' - Curtis Sittenfeld author of
RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY 'Told with warmth and humor by a memorable irrepressible heroine.'
- Rumaan Alam author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND What if the price of moving forward is losing
the only family you've ever known? Summer 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New
England mill town of Swift River sixteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely. It's
been seven years since her father disappeared and while her mother is determined to move on
Diamond can't distance herself from his memory. When Diamond receives a letter from a relative
she has never met she unearths long-buried secrets of her family's past and discovers a legacy
she never knew she was missing. The more she learns however the harder it becomes to
reconcile her old life with the one she wants to lead. So begins an epic story spanning the
twentieth century that reveals a much larger picture of prejudice and love of devotion and
abandonment - and will change Diamond's life forever. 'Swift River broke my heart and then
offered me hope.' - Ann Napolitano author of HELLO BEAUTIFUL 'Infused with that satisfying
feeling one gets when you realize the missing piece to the puzzle is a sense of self . . . a
sensational debut.' - Paul Beatty author of THE SELLOUT
