The River Bottoms

"If you truly want to feel, not just know, what it was like to grow up in the middle of nowhere in the 1930s and '40s, as the son of an alcoholic and abusive father, this fictional story, based on the real-life experiences of the author's father, won't disappoint."

--Ric Cox, former Senior Staff Editor, The Reader's Digest

Growing up in the time of the depression was hard on all Americans. But doing so under the ruling hand of a violently abusive father was at best, impossible. Will Muelle...