by Carolyn Turgeon
There is a hazy quality to Rain Village that disguises the harsher aspects of Tessa’s world. Everything from her familial relationships to her time at the circus is impressionistic. Readers get the idea of what happens without having to deal with exacting details. It is very much a coping mechanism ...
Sad, hypnotic, beautiful. Very emotional and heart tugging. The ending was rather soft and could've been finished a bit stronger. A happy reunion perhaps?
I liked this a lot until the ending, which I felt was weak. Tessa Riley, an unusually small child, is scorned by her family (farmers and she is too small to help in the fields and around the house) and others. Mysterious Mary comes to town as a new librarian and sparks something in Tessa (and most p...
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