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13 days on 1 breathtaking, bad-ass river: life will never be the same.
My new novel, In The Heart Of The Canyon (Knopf), went on sale July 14. I hope you’ll enjoy reading this literary adventure as much as I enjoyed writing it.
So what’s it about? Well, take 15 people with 15 different agendas. Pile them into 3 rubber rafts and send them off down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Recent praise for In the Heart of the Canyon:
“Hyde’s … prose is vigorous and natural, her perception subtle, her voice and those of her characters all-American.”
The New York Times (Editor’s Choice)
“Don’t have the time, money (or stomach) for your own river trip? Read this book instead. It’s a bracing ride.”
“A huge, enthusiastic thumbs-up for this riveting page-turner, which will definitely be high up on my "Best of 2009" list.”
—Bookreporter.com
“Great scenic description and fully believable characters make this adventure story well worth the ride.”
“Hyde scores a bull's-eye with her fifth novel, In the Heart of the Canyon.”
An astute, engrossing character-driven affair … The novel succeeds as both a study of strangers striving toward a common goal and as a suspenseful drama filled with angst and humanity. Hyde outshines herself with this wild ride.
About the author…
Elisabeth Hyde is the author of four previous novels, including The Abortionist’s Daughter and Crazy as Chocolate Born and raised in New Hampshire, she has since lived in Vermont, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Seattle. In 1979 she received her law degree and practiced briefly with the U.S. Department of Justice. She has taught creative writing in the public schools as well as through Naropa University. She currently lives with her husband and three children in Colorado, where she is at work on her sixth novel.
also by the author…
- Published Novels
- by Elisabeth Hyde
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- In the Heart of the Canyon (2009)
- The Abortionist’s Daughter (2006)
- Crazy as Chocolate (2002)
- Monoosook Valley (1989)
- Her Native Colors (1986)
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my 2005 rafting trip
on the Colorado River
in the Grand Canyon.