The virgin of Small Plains

a novel

The virgin of Small Plains

a novel
Nancy Pickard
Book - 2006

Small Plains, Kansas, January 23, 1987: In the midst of a deadly blizzard, eighteen-year-old Rex Shellenberger scours his father<U+2019>s pasture, looking for helpless newborn calves. Then he makes a shocking discovery: the naked, frozen body of a teenage girl, her skin as white as the snow around her. It is a moment that will forever change his life and the lives of everyone around him. The mysterious dead girl<U+2013>the “Virgin of Small Plains”<U+2013>inspires local reverence. In the two decades following her death, strange miracles visit those who faithfully tend to her grave. But what really happened in that snow-covered field? Why did young Mitch Newquist disappear the day after the Virgin<U+2019>s body was found, leaving behind his distraught girlfriend, Abby Reynolds? Why do the town<U+2019>s three most powerful men<U+2013>Dr. Quentin Reynolds, former sheriff Nathan Shellenberger, and Judge, Tom Newquist<U+2013>all seem to be hiding the details of that night?

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pickard, Nancy
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Edición:1st ed.
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