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Coles A River Got Two Mouths at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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Some truths don't stay buried.
Some rivers remember everything.
In a quiet Southern town where faith runs deep and silence runs deeper, nineteen-year-old Ellen is known for her stillness—her gentleness, her obedience, her refusal to cause trouble. But beneath that quiet is a truth she has been taught never to speak.
When a respected man begins to take interest in her, Ellen finds herself caught between devotion and danger, between what she feels and what she has been told to believe. And when a storm rolls in one fateful night, the river becomes the keeper of a secret the town is not ready to face.
They call it an accident.
They call it God's will.
But the river knows better.
Years later, when a young girl begins asking questions no one wants answered, the past begins to rise—slow, steady, and impossible to silence. What was swallowed will be returned. What was hidden will be named.
A River Got Two Mouths is a haunting, lyrical novel about generational silence, spiritual manipulation, and the courage it takes to speak truth in places that demand quiet. Rooted in Southern and Gullah Geechee storytelling traditions, this unforgettable story explores what happens when a community protects power instead of people—and what it costs to finally tell the truth.
Because some rivers don't just take.
They speak.
Some truths don't stay buried.
Some rivers remember everything.
In a quiet Southern town where faith runs deep and silence runs deeper, nineteen-year-old Ellen is known for her stillness—her gentleness, her obedience, her refusal to cause trouble. But beneath that quiet is a truth she has been taught never to speak.
When a respected man begins to take interest in her, Ellen finds herself caught between devotion and danger, between what she feels and what she has been told to believe. And when a storm rolls in one fateful night, the river becomes the keeper of a secret the town is not ready to face.
They call it an accident.
They call it God's will.
But the river knows better.
Years later, when a young girl begins asking questions no one wants answered, the past begins to rise—slow, steady, and impossible to silence. What was swallowed will be returned. What was hidden will be named.
A River Got Two Mouths is a haunting, lyrical novel about generational silence, spiritual manipulation, and the courage it takes to speak truth in places that demand quiet. Rooted in Southern and Gullah Geechee storytelling traditions, this unforgettable story explores what happens when a community protects power instead of people—and what it costs to finally tell the truth.
Because some rivers don't just take.
They speak.
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