Now an Amazon top 100 best seller p ... a forceful story about racial identity iKirkus Reviewsi p The plot of this engaging tale takes some interesting and surprising turns... I was quickly captured by the story and found myself eagerly turning the pages to see where it would lead. iAmazon Customer Reviewi p biWhere the River Bendsib tells of a mother and son fighting to save themselves -- and each other -- from the destruction that sex, power and racism can cause, set in a turbulent and decisive period of American history. p On a rainy day in November 1931, two years after the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Celeste Vandenholm's husband drives his car over a cliff and ends up in a coma. Celeste is left with a teenage son, an autistic daughter, a Park Avenue lifestyle and a negative bank balance. She struggles to hold her family together against the forces of the Great Depression, but one setback after another sends her life spiraling out of her control. p Until the night of his