Just Finished : The River By Michael Neale

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This is the first book in a two book series. A man is at the airport, his flight home delayed. He's in a quiet area, enjoying his solitude when a man walks up. That man is Gabriel Clarke and he tells a story that changes the man's outlook on things. Gabriel Clarke lost his father at a young age. He tells the story of growing up on a small farm with his mother and the husband and wife that his mother rents from. He talks about how he struggles to come to terms with his father's passing, how he has his bad days. He leads a lonely life, never going to college and only having one person he can call friend. He goes on a camping trip with that friend and it ends up changing his life. He reconnects with his dead father, and a man helps him connect with the river again. That man isn't just any man though. There is a second book in this series that I want to get and read. It's a continuation of sorts, but deals with Gabriel being face to face with the grief he had held in for so many years. I'll link to the second book in the series here : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18850677-into-the-canyon?from_search=true