A River Runs Though It is about fly fishing in Montana, but beneath the surface run currents of philosophic and religious notions as well as a complex study of family relationships and responsibilities. It tells how two sons of a Presbyterian minister maintain their relationship through a common love of fly-fishing, despite increasing personal differences.
It is a beautifully written book.
See the movie directed and narrated by Robert Redford and stars Brad Pitt. The movie does a good job capturing Maclean's elegant reserve.

Nowhere in any description did it tell you what the book was really about.
Yes, there were surprises but I wish I had known what was coming.
This book had an overwhelming Christian element as well as an anti abortion theme.
A book about ghosts, angles and God was not expected. This is Christian fiction. I stopped reading at page 268. I tore the book up and put it in the trash.