"so vivid you could feel yourself there"
"love and suspense, hardship and endurance, all woven into the tragedy of the city's flood"
"page turner"
Louisville, Ky., January, 1937
A new year begins with the hope that the city is leaving behind the desperate days of the Depression -- until a record flood forces two-thirds of its citizens from their homes.
Miranda Kinley doesn't want to evacuate. She doesn't want to leave her home, her haven from the world. But when she is surrounded by floodwater, her husband missing, and her best friend's young daughter in her care, she may not have a choice.
Blended with humor and mystery, this dramatic tale follows a young couple -- torn between his desire for a family and her doubt that she’d make a good mother -- as their lives, and the lives of their neighbors, are forever changed by a devastating flood.
"great bookclub read"
Hear the tune Peachie sang
from a 1930s movie.
Louisville in the 1930s
Locations in A Winter's Flood
Union Station, Tenth and Broadway
Union Station interior
Parkland Shopping District
Jefferson County Armory
525 W. Walnut St.
Madrid Building, Third and Guthrie
Interior of the Madrid Ballroom
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and the Madrid Building
Third and Guthrie Sts.
Storefronts on Jefferson St. between First and Second
Cave Hill Cemetery, Broadway and Baxter
Bardstown Road at Bonnycastle
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
1960 Bardstown Road
Highlands Library
2012 Highland Ave.
Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital
1357 S. 12th St.
Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Annex
Courtesy of the Sisters of Charity, Nazareth, KY
Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Chapel
Courtesy of the Sisters of Charity, Nazareth, KY
Bourbon Stockyards at Market St.
Crescent Hill Christian Church
117 Crescent Ave.