November 7th, 2002

Over thirty years after a dozen college co-eds take a rafting trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, four of the women reunite and take the trip again, this time of a luxurious river boat and with a different goal -- to spread the ashes of a recenly deceased friend. There is a lot of advanced praise for this novel. Publishers Weekly called it "The Big Chill meets Huckleberry Finn in a moving novel inspired by a real-life episode . . . [reader's] will find this tender, graceful novel a delight."