Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
The Wind Is Not a River
The Wind Is Not a River | Brian Payton
15 posts | 10 read | 28 to read
The Wind Is Not a River is Brian Payton's gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wifeseparated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soilfight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands. Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government. While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as the birthplace of winds. There, John must battle the elements, starvation, and his own remorse while evading discovery by the Japanese. Alone at home, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband's disappearance. Caught in extraordinary circumstances, in this new world of the missing, she is forced to reimagine who she isand what she is capable of doing. Somehow, she must find John and bring him home, a quest that takes her into the farthest reaches of the war, beyond the safety of everything she knows.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
blurb
Eggs
post image

“Wind rises up and fades away, but a river flows endlessly. And our suffering? This too shall pass. The
wind is not a river.”

WWII: When John‘s plane is shot down over the Aleutian Islands, he survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as “the birthplace of winds.”

#AirportOrPlane

#StorySettings

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙💙💙 7mo
45 likes2 comments
blurb
Eggs
post image
57 likes2 stack adds2 comments
review
Saknicole
post image
Mehso-so

Also, I liked the title and the USO guy Steven. For a novel about AK during WWII (which is an easy sale to me), I was disappointed. #Alaska #Historicalfiction

blurb
Saknicole
post image

The bra company Curvy Kate posted this on Instagram, and I love it 😂 That is some relaxed reading! Also this book is good so far. It‘s fun to read an Alaskan Historic Fiction. Thanks you @Kimberlone for your hoopla use ❤️ #boobs

Kimberlone Haha love it! Let me know how the book is and I might check it out next. My hoopla is your hoopla! 3y
18 likes1 comment
blurb
Eggs
post image

💚 No I grew up in a small town in Minnesota, grad from U of M, Mpls; moved to TX in 1981 and have been here for 39 years

💜 14 years cancer free

#thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon

MySharonaK 💜 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River 💜 I LOVE that! You‘re also a former Midwesterner in the south ☺️ 4y
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag Sherri! 😍 4y
See All 11 Comments
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 4y
JenlovesJT47 💚💚💚 4y
sudi Yay for #2 💪💗💗💗 4y
gradcat @Eggs So glad you‘re cancer-free for these past 14 years...I‘m hoping it stays that way! Thanks for the tag—I‘m a bit under the weather and having trouble catching up with things—so I may not get to it. So sorry! ♥️ 4y
Eggs @sudi ❤️💕❤️ 4y
Eggs @gradcat I hope you feel better soon, dear 😘 4y
61 likes11 comments
blurb
Eggs
post image

This book !!! One of my top favorites ❤️
And of course my sweet 5-1/2 yo sweetie whose name is River

#river
#marchmadness

Freespirit She's adorable! 5y
Eggs @Freespirit Thank you 🌺❤️🤗 5y
66 likes2 comments
blurb
Eggs
post image

Helen and John Easley: a desperately passionate love affair and a story of survival as they try to reunite in Alaska toward the end of WW2 💔😢💔

#alaska #letstravelaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Wife A favorite!🌹 5y
OriginalCyn620 Sounds good! 5y
68 likes4 stack adds2 comments
blurb
Eggs
post image

John and Helen Easley: a great love story 😢💜

#heylove #septemberdanes @Cinfhen @Kalalalatja

Kalalalatja This sounds really powerful! 6y
Cathythoughts Another beautiful cover & books sounds great 6y
Cinfhen That cover is pretty sensuous 6y
Eggs Yessss!! So good!! They did have a great love for each other. @Cathythoughts @Cinfhen @Kalalalatja 6y
75 likes3 stack adds4 comments
blurb
Eggs
post image
booksandsympathy Well this sounds amazing. 6y
Eggs @booksandsympathy This was an amazing book💙💔💙 6y
Wife A favorite of mine 🌹 6y
Eggs @Wife 💙💙❣️ 6y
88 likes1 stack add4 comments
blurb
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
post image

#River
#Getmovin

Another from the tbr shelf!! ❤️ @Wife

Eggs Loved this one ❤️💖❤️ 7y
Cinfhen Totally new to me book!! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs yay!!! 💗💗💗 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen really?!?! Wow!!! ☺️☺️☺️ 7y
DebReads4fun I loved this book! 7y
93 likes1 stack add5 comments
blurb
Wife
post image

@Lmstraubie So cool to see you post your copy of this book for #sideprofiles This is the cover of mine. The story is told from two different perspectives, husband and wife. I guess you have the "wife" cover and I have the "husband" cover. I really like them both.

Lmstraubie @Wife Very interesting! I wonder if they did that for marketing purposes. 7y
61 likes1 stack add1 comment
blurb
Lmstraubie
post image
RealLifeReading Sounds interesting! 7y
lynneamch It was @RealLifeReading ! Read this for book club last year. I love learning about something I know very little about, especially when it's wrapped in an engaging story. This was it! Hope you enjoy @Lmstraubie 👍 7y
31 likes2 stack adds2 comments
review
Eggs
post image
Pickpick

A tragic love/loss story during WWII in the Japanese-occupied Aleutian Islands

DebReads4fun I loved this book! 7y
9 likes2 stack adds1 comment
quote
Minhas
post image

The last thing you remember always seems extra #important

Suzze Welcome to Litsy! The other happiest place on 🌏 Earth! 📚📚📚 8y
Minhas Thnx 8y
5 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
DebReads4fun
post image
Pickpick

Beautifully written, deeply moving novel of love, war, survival and journey. Takes place in Seattle and the Aleutian Islands during WW2. Loneliness was balanced with unexpected friendships, regret and longing with commitment and sacrifice, and loss with reunion.

Laura317 This book sounds amazing! Adding to my list. 9y
DebReads4fun Hope you enjoy it! I loved it! 9y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I enjoyed this book a lot too. I liked the parts in the cave the best. So fascinating. 8y
9 likes4 stack adds3 comments