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The Virgin of Small Plains

The Virgin of Small Plains

Pickard, Nancy

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0345471008
ISBN13: 9780345471000
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: May 29 2007
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.28 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Engrossing . . . beautifully written and carefully crafted . . . [a] work that explores the healing power of truth.--The Boston Globe

For seventeen years, a rural community in Kansas has faithfully tended the grave of an anonymous teenage girl christened the Virgin of Small Plains. And some claim that, perhaps owing to the girl's intervention, strange miracles and unexplainable healings have occurred. Slowly, word of the legend spreads.

But what really happened in that snow-covered field almost two decades ago, when the girl's naked, frozen body was found? Why did young Mitch Newquist disappear the day after the shocking discovery, leaving behind his distraught girlfriend, Abby Reynolds, and their best friend, Rex Shellenberger?

Now Mitch has returned to Small Plains, reigniting simmering tensions and awakening secrets. Never having resolved her feelings for Mitch, Abby is determined to uncover the startling truth about his departure. The three former friends must confront the ever-unfolding consequences of the night that forever changed their lives--and the life of their small town.

Praise for The Virgin of Small Plains

Nancy Pickard . . . has evolved into a writer of substantial literary power. . . . [She] has fashioned a novel that accurately reflects the secrets and silences locked deep within the hearts of all small-town Midwesterners.--The Denver Post

Tantalizing . . . Pickard writes with insight and compassion about an unresolved crime that continues to haunt a farming community.--The New York Times Book Review

A class act . . . Pickard has a talent for adding depth to a story that conveys a sense of place and history.--Orlando Sentinel

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