ASIN: B005VSWCJS
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 276
"This is a powerful inspirational character study that takes the audience inside the souls of several residents of a small town Texas in the late 1970s, but especially the beleaguered heroine whose lament and subsequent “redemption” will touch the hearts of the audience." Harriet KlaussnerIn this coming of age novel, nine-year-old Mara Weatherall from the pain of General's daily attacks--attacks he warns her to keep secret, or else. In the small world of 1979 Burl, Texas, all Mara really has are the tree limbs, a lumbering Aunt Elma, her boyfriend Officer Gus, the bully General, and her new best friend Camilla who rhymes maddening snatches of truth. Mara needs to escape General's advances and find out who her real parents are before those who would want to destroy her succeed. Will she recognize redemption through Zady the Jesus-loving housekeeper, Denim the clandestine town prophet, or ...
