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It's raining now and will be all day. The forecast is for rain tomorrow and the next as well. What if it never stopped? What if Hurricane Katrina was only the first of ferocious hurricanes that began to hit so frequently that they ran out of names for them? And people finally gave up rebuilding and fighting and just abandoned their lives on the coast? But there are always those who will choose to stay. RIVERS, Michael Farris Smith's debut novel is about that place and those left behind. It is the wettest novel I've ever read and one of the most moving. I hope you will venture out to meet this remarkable writer, secure in the knowledge that the sun will be back this weekend. CFR
