Rain Village

Rain Village

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 â€”and a whole new magical world of possibilities opens up. But even as she blooms, Tessaâ€™s father begins sexually abusing her. And her mentor carries a dark secret of her own. Tessa runs off, following Maryâ€™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'â€™s fabulist tales shows up, Tessa risks everything to follow him to Rain Village, where she might finally discover her mentorâ€™'s tragic secret.

A brilliantly evocative debut set in the early part of the 20th century, steeped in emotional turbulence and down-to-earth wisdom, where a young woman must reconcile the inner traumas from her past and learn to live in the present in order to avoid becoming prisoner to her future. Rain Village casts a fabulous spell, pulling us into a world of mystery and possibility where love, friendship and loyalty might either destroy or set one free.

Country	USA
Author	Carolyn Turgeon
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Unbridled Books
EAN	9781932961249
Edition	First Printing
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1932961240
Label	Unbridled Books
Manufacturer	Unbridled Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	320
PublicationDate	2006-11-01
Publisher	Unbridled Books
ReleaseDate	2006-10-10
Studio	Unbridled Books

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