Crossing the River: A Novel

Kentucky Voices

by Fenton Johnson

Martha Braff Pickett, the unconventional daughter of conservative Baptists, crosses the river to the Catholic side of town, where she meets her future husband.

220 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1989

About the author

Fenton Johnson is an award-winning author who teaches in the creative writing programs at the University of Arizona and Spalding University.

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Reviews

[Patricia]

World's Apart or are they?

My 1st Fenton Johnson Book!! Rang so true..Martha Pickett Miracle...was an example of many Who crossed the river..She was a fighter a trooper a stubborn Lady..She made a place in the other side of the river..