Rain Village by Carolyn Turgeon
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Reviewed by L.D.Y.
Hardcover, 328 pages, 2006
Rating: 9/10
Reason for Reading: I read the first few pages, and had to find out what fate lay in store for a young girl forced to hang from a curtain rod by a mother who believed it would make her taller.
Synopsis: Tessa’s life doesn’t hold much promise - she’s tiny (barely four feet), which makes her useless on her family’s farm and a freak in the eyes of the community - until one day a librarian with a ethereal beauty comes to town and strikes up a conversation, changing the course of Tessa’s life forever. The librarian, Mary, is full of the knowledge and intrigue that Tessa believes can only come from her former lifestyle, that of a trapeze artist in the circus. When circumstances force Tessa to flee from her hometown, she may find that her plans to follow in her mentor’s footsteps are swept up in a life all of her own…and yet, that it’s almost impossible to leave the past behind.
