A review of “A Confluence of Rivers” in 100 words by Catherine Stover
Imagine that you saved a box of the printouts of all the emails that you wrote to your former fiancé in 1990s. Now, more than twenty years later, would you read them? This is a beautiful set-up for a novel, but it’s even better for a memoir. To my way of thinking, the most successful memoirs show how and why the writer became the person they are today. Katherine Hansen shares her memories, and then shares the forgotten truths that her emails correspondence reveals. She has a compelling voice, which stayed in my head after I finished the last page.
Work cited:
Hansen, Katherine S. A Confluence of Rivers: A memoir through digital love letters. Lydian Press, 2025, p. 11.