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2000s: The healing powers of Mill River…
The Mill River Redemption
What you need to know before your trail
Josie DiSanti is starting over. Recently widowed, she has fled her New York City home with her two young daughters spirited Rose and shy Emily in tow. She takes refuge in Mill River, Vermont, to live with her only remaining relative, Ivy Collard, the local bookstore owner and a woman Josie barely knows. There, the young mother and her girls build a new life for themselves until a shocking tragedy tears the sisters apart.
Years later, Josie s still-estranged daughters return to the quiet town for the reading of their mother’s will, which stipulates that they must work together to locate a hidden key to a safe-deposit box containing their inheritance. Even from the great beyond, it seems Josie will do anything to bring about her daughters reconciliation. Having no choice but to go along with their mother s final wishes, Rose and Emily move back to Mill River for the summer to begin the search discovering that, in the close-knit community known for magic and miracles, an even greater treasure awaits them
Locations
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Vermont
Vermont is known for its stunning scenery, mountains, forests and the famous covered bridges. The area of the Mill River and the town of Clarendon are the places to head to for a booktrail as they more than showcase the setting of the novel.
Mill River
Mill River (town) might not be real but the river is. And the town of Clarendon is a good place to venture out to to see both the river and the surrounding area. This is where the famous Clarendon Gorge, and the combined Appalachian Trail/Long Trail, is a popular local spot with tourists as well as locals.
“Outside the February darkness was suffused with light from the town. Thick snowflakes floated past the window. Only the Mill River itself, for which the small Vermont town was named, escaped the snow covering. Its unfrozen centre flowed, black and snake-like along the edge of the sleeping town”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Mill River Redemption
Author/Guide: Darcie Chan Destination: Vermont Departure Time: 2000s
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