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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, Tessas father begins sexually abusing her. And her mentor carries a dark secret of her own. Tessa runs off, following Marys 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. A brilliantly evocative debut set in the early part of the 20th century, steeped in emotional turbulence and down-to-earth wisdom, where a you

Who reads Rain Village?

Author

Turgeon, Carolyn

Publisher

Unbridled Books

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781932961249

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.7 / 5 (381 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14