Publisher's Synopsis
"Just weeks after his death, Mary discovers a childhood photograph of him from a past he never talked about. Determined to excavate her heritage for the sake of her baby that's on the way, Mary goes on a quest to uncover a half-century of family and town secrets buried in the West End of Louisville, Kentucky. Her investigation transports us to 1968, where we land in a recently integrated Catholic orphanage, across town from a once-burgeoning black business district. As Mary dives into a torrent of bloodlines and color lines, she struggles to keep her head above water, confronting not only the memories of her family, but the ghosts that haunt one American city. River city is a play about leaving life behind in order to get back home."--Page 4 of cover.
