From the inside cover flap:"One August, Nessa Rapoport rented a houseboat to travel through the blue lakes and stone canals of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario with her children, mother, and uncle and aunt. At the end of the journey was a small Canadian town called Bobcaygeon, where Rapoport and her mother and uncle had once spent dreamy summers of reading and reverie in an old house on a green river. Although the purpose of the trip was to show her young children the setting of her summers when she was their age, Nessa Rapoport discovered that all three generations of her family were floating toward an encounter with the past. Beautifully written and evocative, 'House on the River' explores the power of memory to shape a person's life, the deep bonds across generations, the reconciliation of mothers and daughters, and the way loss can be distilled into a source of consolation. It is the story of an enchanting journey on water and an inner journey inflected by a vibrant and joyful relationship to family and faith."

Starting to read this book today - September 12, 2017.

This memoir by Nessa Rapoport was so beautifully written, capturing in words the feelings of time fleeting by and the exquisite joy of the moment. I felt that I was on the boathouse journey with her and her family as she travelled back to her childhood memories at her Grandmother's cottage in Bobcaygeon, Ontario. But it is the journey of Life that the reader is exposed to; a journey of joy, discovery, love, sad good-byes, new beginnings . . .

Left on the bench outside of the LCBO in the Foodland plaza.
Released for the 2018 "Oh, The Places We Can Go!" Challenge
Also released for the 2018 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover! Challenge Week 12: Theme - A Non-Fiction Book

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