In John Hart’s novel, Down River, he shows readers that he knows how to write about families and all of their complicated dynamics. There are so many layers to Adam Chase’s family. The story opens with Adam returning home to North Carolina after a five year absence. He was exiled from his community following his acquittal for murder. The story deepens as Adam faces his childhood traumas, his family’s dark past, a girlfriend he left behind, and the unknowns of his future. The bulk of this novel addresses suffering, physical and emotional. There’s an ever present curiosity about forgiveness.

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