This ain't no romance
Abuse, incest, homelessness, bisexuality, prostitution, exotic dancing, gender reassignment, and environmental degradation are just a few of the subjects tackled in this book. Yet throughout there runs a thread of hope, of possibility, of overcoming life's challenges.
Oh yeah, there's also kayaking.
Sex... and kayaking

Excerpt from a review
The River Way was reviewed by Two Lips. Here is my favorite part:
What an inspiring story this is! ... The sensuality thread is woven through the story and is very much its backdrop, but not its rationale. Summer Fey Foovay has an unusual approach to fiction, and is unafraid to deal with issues many would prefer to see swept under the rug: such as incest, sexual abuse, rape, and prostitution. As in her other story, Cutting Away the Pain, Summer Fey Foovay grabs at the reader's heart and mind with stories whose effects remain long after the final page is turned.
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The photo is of my kayak - PJ - who is featured in the novel!
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Sneak Peek
An excerpt

Her mother had made a mistake. She got pregnant with one man's baby, while
married to another man. She carried the child, Melanie, to term, and presented it to her husband's family, insisting it was his. They didn't believe it. They might be dumb
backwoods white trash, but they could do the math. Her husband had traveled
extensively with his job and was many miles away when this child was conceived.
Her husband divorced her. She was left with a girl babe and no means of support.
She met Melanie's stepfather. Somehow, she soon realized that he was more
interested in the child, than in herself and they struck a deal. Melanie became his little sex dolly. Her mother helped to conceal his crime, ignored it when the molestation was done right in front of her, in exchange for not having to provide sex - which she hated - and for being supported in the style that she felt she deserved.
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Her mother was the jailer. She made it clear she hated Melanie. Her stepfather, at least did not hate her. .... Without him, she was sure her mother would have actually at some point have killed her, or at the least, abandoned her.
When she was fourteen, her stepfather died. Her mother lost no time in getting
rid of her. She gave her $500, took her to the bus station and told her she was running away. Her mother believed a woman must have a man to survive, and she intended to find a new man. A man with even more money. A terrible, emotionally unstable, ungrateful teen daughter who had run away and disappeared made her a tragic heroine. A teen daughter who was sullen and touchy and weird made her undesirable ...
Melanie didn't really mind. She was, in fact, afraid to remain with her mother,
now that her protector was gone.
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I am a writer, or author, or scribbler. I sort of like the last, as I am an artist as well as a writer. I have written and published numerous articles and short stories, one novel (so far), Squidoo lenses, and blogs. My subjects range from animals, n...
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- foovay foovay Aug 17, 2009 @ 12:58 pm | in reply to dcobbs
- Thanks so much for your comment! Its good to hear someone enjoyed my work :D
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- dcobbs dcobbs Aug 16, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
- This is an excellent work. I really enjoyed it and it had a bit of a bonus in that it was Hemmingway-like in that it was a quick and easy read which I could do in a single sitting while I was skiving off work and wishing I was dancing on the currents in my own kayak.
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- foovay foovay Aug 15, 2009 @ 12:27 pm | in reply to qlcoach
- Thanks for the feedback and for dropping by! I'll go check out your lens now!
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- qlcoach qlcoach Aug 14, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
- Wow. Great writing and crafty promotion of your work. I met you on Twitter. Thank you so much for visiting my lens about Travel and Dream Trips. I am an author too. Just check out my other lens about The Eby Way. Sincerely: Gary Eby





