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THE NEW YORK TIMES
BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE

“The Underground River is a riveting and atmospheric novel about slavery, betrayal and redemption.”

—LOUISA TREGER, AUTHOR OF THE LODGER

Martha Conway
2020-07-01T16:37:57+00:00

—LOUISA TREGER, AUTHOR OF THE LODGER

“The Underground River is a riveting and atmospheric novel about slavery, betrayal and redemption.”
“Warning: The Underground River is a page-turner. Be prepared to stay up late reading, because once you start you won’t want to put it down.”

—AMY BELDING BROWN, AUTHOR OF FLIGHT OF THE SPARROW

Martha Conway
2020-07-01T16:38:26+00:00

—AMY BELDING BROWN, AUTHOR OF FLIGHT OF THE SPARROW

“Warning: The Underground River is a page-turner. Be prepared to stay up late reading, because once you start you won’t want to put it down.”
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Set aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this is the moving, page-turning story of a charmingly frank and naïve seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and a new love.  Read More

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Martha Conway is the author of several novels, including Thieving Forest, which won the North American Book Award in Historical Fiction. Her first novel was nominated for an Edgar Award, and her short fiction has appeared in the Iowa Review, Mississippi Review, The Quarterly, Carolina Quarterly, and other publications.