BookBrowse Reviews Rain Village by Carolyn Turgeon

Name: Rain Village
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Turgeon
ISBN: 9781932961249

Rain Village

by Carolyn Turgeon

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Oct 10, 2006, 320 pages

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Turgeon's quirky first novel explores the power of secrets and how happiness is found in searching for truth

This review first ran in the November 12, 2006 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.

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