Heavy is the rain
By: Stella Adams
Publisher: Stargo
Published: 2013
Place of publication: San Bernardino, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780996005807
Subjects: Secrets; Fiction; Families
Description: Seven-year old Billie Cunningham moves to Baltimore in 1948 with her mother, Lilly Ann, who hopes to find a better life by marrying Herbert Brown, a city slicker 12 years her senior. Billie's misgivings about the marriage prove to be well founded, and she's forced to keep a terrible secret. She finds solace and safety in an angry Tom McNeal, Jr., who appoints himself her protector. Unbeknowst to Billie, her clairvoyant, mysterious grandmother, Gertie, in South Carolina, does things on her behalf. Ultimately, Billie and Tom realize they must reconcile their pasts to truly heal and have a future--whether together or apart.