Rain Village
by Turgeon, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1932961240
- ISBN 13
- 9781932961249
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Synopsis
Young Tessa is a diminutive girl, far too small for farm work and the object of ridicule by both her own family and the other children in their isolated Midwestern community. Her father seems to believe in nothing beyond his crops, certainly not education for his misfit daughter. When a mysterious, entrancing librarian comes to town, full of fabulous stories, earthy wisdom and potions for the lovelorn, she takes Tessa under her wing, teaching her to read and to believe in herself—and a whole new magical world of possibilities opens up. But even as she blooms, Tessa's father begins sexually abusing her. And her mentor carries a dark secret of her own that finally causes her to drown herself. Tessa runs off, following Mary's footsteps, to join the circus as a trapeze artist, where she marries a loving man and finds a fulfilling life for herself amidst her new circus family. But she remains haunted by her past. And when a stranger from one of Mary's fabulist tales shows up, Tessa risks everything to follow him to Rain Village, where she might finally discover her mentor's tragic secret.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85801
- Title
- Rain Village
- Author
- Turgeon, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1932961240
- ISBN 13
- 9781932961249
- Publisher
- Unbridled, 2006
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 2006
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