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       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.

    Louisville, Ky., January, 1937

    "love and suspense, hardship and endurance, all woven into the tragedy of the city's flood"

    "page turner"

    "great bookclub read"

    "so vivid you could feel yourself there"

    The Madrid Louisville KY

    Madrid Building, Third and Guthrie

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/cs,764

    Armory Louisville KY

    Jefferson County Armory

    525 W. Walnut St.

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cs/id/1779

    Louisville in the 1930s

    Locations in A Winter's Flood

    Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville KY

    Cave Hill Cemetery, Broadway and Baxter

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/cs,852

    Parkland Louisville KY

    Parkland Shopping District

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/potter,536

    Bonnycastle Louisville KY

    Bardstown Road at Bonnycastle

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/heraldpost/id/703

    Crescent Hill Christian Church Louisville KY

    Crescent Hill Christian Church

     117 Crescent Ave.

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/royal/id/4030

    Union Station, Tenth and Broadway

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/cs,1510

    Union Station Louisville KY

    Union Station interior

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/cs,702

    Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital

    1357 S. 12th St.

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/cs,1403

    Union Station Louisville KY
    Madrid Ballroom Louisville KY

    Interior of the Madrid Ballroom

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/royal/id/4724

    Jefferson Street Louisville KY

    Storefronts on Jefferson St. between First and Second

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cs/id/638

    Third and Guthrie Louisville KY

    Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and the Madrid Building

    Third and Guthrie Sts.

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cs/id/763

    Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Louisville KY
    Highlands Library Louisville KY

    Highlands Library

    2012 Highland Ave. 

    https://digital.library.louisville.edu

    Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Louisville KY

    Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Chapel

    Courtesy of the Sisters of Charity, Nazareth, KY

    Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Louisville KY

    Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital Annex

    Courtesy of the Sisters of Charity, Nazareth, KY

    Bourbon Stockyards Louisville KY

    Bourbon Stockyards at Market St.

    http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/ref/collection/heraldpost/id/718

    St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

    1960 Bardstown Road

    Hear the tune Peachie sang

    from a 1930s movie.

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