A River Named Helen

About the Book

A River Named Helen is a fictional story set in 1939 in an isolated village high in the Black Mountains of Germany. The story chronicles the adventures, emotional tragedies, despair, and overwhelming theme of hope and family values. This is not a war story but a story of war’s tragedies and its effects on one and a village. The entire village is forced to flee for freedom in America while crossing Europe as an extended family. The story has in-depth narratives of the villagers’ individual emotional plight and several substories, intricately enhancing the main theme of hope and family values while fleeing from the Nazis.

About the Author

Mark Kinsella, first-time novelist, resides in Rumford, Rhode Island, with his significant other, Heather. A father of four children (Caitlin, Dillon, Connor, and Makayla), he often refers to them as the informant, the perpetrator, the instigator, and youngest as “the end” and one very curious grandchild (Mikey). A retired paramedic, Mark now works in the printing industry. Mark has several more novels under way.