Over the River
Over the River by Sharelle Byars Moranville is a First Edition novel published by Macmillan on October 11, 2002. This 240-page book presents the story of eleven-year-old Willa Mae, who grapples with her feelings toward her father, whom she believed did not love her. As her long-absent father returns after the war, Willa Mae’s quiet life in rural Illinois is disrupted by family secrets and tensions, particularly between her father and grandfather, as she navigates her complex emotions and changing circumstances.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of family and multigenerational relationships, set against the backdrop of the 20th century in the United States. Willa Mae’s journey takes her from her familiar home to a new life across the river in Oklahoma, where she must confront her longing for her past while trying to understand her father’s role in her life. This exploration of love, loss, and belonging is woven into the fabric of Willa Mae’s experiences, making it a poignant reflection on the nature of family ties.
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A young girl comes to terms with the father she thought didn’t love her.
“Your daddy isn’t a bad man,” Aunty Rose said. “He just doesn’t have anything to do with us. So why do you keep asking?”
It seems like everything eleven-year-old Willa Mae wants to know just isn’t proper material for her curiosity. But some mysteries have a way of unraveling on their own. When her long-absent father returns after the war and sets about laying claim, Willa Mae finds her quiet country life suddenly stirred into a mix of buried secrets. Why does Grandpa despise her daddy, and what does it have to do with Mama’s death? But before Willa Mae can find the answers to these questions, she is pulled away from her rural Illinois home to begin a new life with her father across the river in Oklahoma. As pleased as Willa Mae is to finally have her daddy back, she misses her home and wants desperately to return. Will she be forced to choose one side of the family over the other?
In this beautifully written novel set in the late 1940s, Sharelle Byars Moranville explores a critical time in a young girl’s life, as Willa Mae comes to accept her parents, her sense of home, and especially what it means to be loved.
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