What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez

What the River Knows by Isabel IbanezA divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can't escape. In the glittering society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, Inez Olivera has everything, except the one thing she really wants: her parents, who frequently leave her behind on their globetrotting adventures. Then she receives a terrible letter: her parents have passed away in mysterious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth, she sets sails for their last port of call, Cairo,

But nearly forty years later

Are books hidden in his house

she is hoping for a tree change

but a secret third thing

Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common

'I have always admired Matar's tender and compassionate but equally strong and compelling voice' Elif Shafak

work has repeatedly whisked me away from personal calamities to sets and stages around the world

and an illumination of the reality of one of the most contested places on earth

it's beginning again

'- Max Porter'Michelle de Kretser

they invented forms of love and solidarity outside convention and law

tenderness and humor" New York TImes Book Review While riding the subway home with his Nana one day