“Nina Schuyler’s remarkable and wildly inventive new novel, Open the Floodgates, infuses environmental literature with compassion and ingenuity. In her compelling story, The River goes to court, along with a rich tapestry of townspeople who proclaim their love for her in their own unique ways. Schuyler tells this story with exquisite prose and a pulsing heart.”
–Ellen Sussman, New York Times bestselling author of French Lessons, Wedding in Provence, Paradise Guest House and On a Night Like This

“Nina Schuyler has written a perfect allegory for our climate crises times. Part courtroom drama, part fable, part thriller, OPEN THE FLOODGATES is a genre defying novel that is at once suspenseful and magical. The River leads us readers on a surprising yet inevitable journey.”
–Devi S. Laskar, author of Midnight, at the War