title: Lady by the River: A collection of personal stories about persevering through challenging times.
author: Yvette Prior
description: Yvette Prior lives on the East Coast of the United States with her spouse and children. She enjoys practicing yoga, dining out on patios, and laughing at corny jokes. Yvette has worked on and off in education, social work, hospitality, and management. After earning a Ph.D. in Psychology, she poured into some waiting book projects and has not stopped writing since. Her personal blog can be found at www.priorhouse.wordpress.com.
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  ## [DEDICATION](part0004.html#toc_1)
  
  
  _To  
  Christina Looper Baker,  
  who handed me the thread,  
  and  
  Carole Robertson Kline,  
  who gave me the cloth_
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [EPIGRAPH](part0004.html#toc_2)
  
  
  In portaging from one river to another, Wabanakis had to carry their canoes
  and all other possessions. Everyone knew the value of traveling light and
  understood that it required leaving some things behind. Nothing encumbered
  movement more than fear, which was often the most difficult burden to
  surrender.
  
  
  —BUNNY MCBRIDE, _Women of the Dawn_
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  [_Dedication_](part0002.html#rtoc_1)
  
  
  [_Epigraph_](part0003.html#rtoc_2)
  
  
  [Prologue](part0005.html#rtoc_3)
  
  
  [Spruce Harbor, Maine, 2011](part0006.html#rtoc_4)
  
  
  [Spruce Harbor, Maine, 2011](part0007.html#rtoc_5)
  
  
  [New York City, 1929](part0008.html#rtoc_6)
  
  
  [New York City, 1929](part0009.html#rtoc_7)
  
  
  [New York Central Train, 1929](part0010.html#rtoc_8)
  
  
  [Union Station, Chicago, 1929](part00