And her mentor carries a dark secret of her own that finally causes her to drown herself. But even as she blooms, Tessas father begins sexually abusing her. When a mysterious, entrancing librarian comes to town, full of fabulous stories, earthy wisdom and potions for the lovelorn, she takes Tessa under her wing, teaching her to read and to believe in herselfand a whole new magical world of possibilities opens up.
Her father seems to believe in nothing beyond his crops, certainly not education for his misfit daughter. Young Tessa is a diminutive girl, far too small for farm work and the object of ridicule by both her own family and the other children in their isolated Midwestern community.
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