A review by thereadingbel
The River Widow by Ann Howard Creel

3.0

During the Great Depression, there is a massive flood in Ohio. While attempting to retrieve items from her house, Adah kills her husband in self-defense. Adah attempts to cover up the crime by taking her husbands body to the river and let it float away. Adah ends up in the river herself and is swept away until rescued by local farmers. Adah moves in with her in-laws who are long time locals that other townspeople avoid because of their reputation. Adah's husband had a daughter that she raised since the girl was 6 months old. Adah does not want to live with her in-laws, but she knows that she has no legal rights to her step-daughter and does not want to leave her behind. The ending felt rushed and that sort of ruined the story.