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Child of a Rainless Year
Author: Jane Lindskold

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Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780765348241 - ISBN-10: 0765348241
Publication Date: 5/30/2006
Pages: 464

Book Description:
Art teacher Mira Fenn's life was curiously lacking in color until the day she learned of a mysterious inheritance from her birthmother--a long-abandoned house in New Mexico. Dim childhood memories begin to brighten in Mira's mind--her colorfully exotic mother, the curiously silent women who were her mother's servants. Returning to New Mexico, Mira discovers that the house is a faded thing, looked after by the charismatic Domingo Navidad. But when Mira dreams of her childhood home, it is a riot of color--and she and Domingo soon set to work to bring her dreams to life. Color brings more than just an old house back to life. The bright paint Mira applies to wood and plaster seems to reach into her soul, to awaken powers trapped in a decades-long slumber. The silent women reappear, carrying with them a great secret. Convinced her mother is still alive, Mira searches for her, journeying through a sea of light and color to a time and place far from her own. Who and what she finds there will alter her world forever.

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Laura P. (sfreadergrl) - Denver, CO wrote on 2/8/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Engrossing fantasy in a realistic present day setting.

Josephine Celeste M. (jcmar1780) wrote on 9/21/2007...

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Excellent.


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Robin M. wrote on 3/9/2009...


I enjoyed reading this book. It was a great fantasy connecting a woman to her past, to her mother, and to a great house. Jane Lindskold paints a very clear and fantastical picture of the location of this novel and the house at its center. Throw in a little love story, some magic and you have everything you need for a good quick read.

Jennifer S. (ladydaungerous) wrote on 12/1/2008...


The plot was a little odd, but I just really enjoyed this book while I was reading it.


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