Fallam's Secret: A Novel
Author | : Denise Giardina |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2011-03-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393340273 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393340279 |
Rating | : 4/5 (279 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fallam's Secret: A Novel written by Denise Giardina and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master storyteller delivers an historical novel with a twist-what will become of a modern American woman in Cromwell's England? Returning home to West Virginia after her beloved Uncle John's death, Lydde finds that he has left her an odd legacy: a note with instructions that lead her to a remote mountain cave. When she falls into a crevasse, she finds she has followed her uncle farther than she thought-to Norchester, England, in 1657. Times are dark: the ruling Puritans have beheaded the king and prohibited song, dance, and even Christmas. Though she passes as a boy with her short hair and pants, local official Noah Fallam is still suspicious of her strange clothing and outspokenness. Luckily, she soon finds her uncle, and another man: the Raven, a bandit who provides for the poor through smuggling and robbery. The unlikely couple fall in love, and Lydde must decide where-and when-she belongs. This captivating story brings us close to Denise Giardina's signature concerns of faith and the way we treat the earth.