God Breathes His Dreams Through Nathaniel Cadwallader [Paperback]

Charlotte Fairbairn (Author)

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Publication Date: March 25, 2003

In an outlying village in a far-away valley a young woman is assaulted and falls pregnant. The beloved pastor's stiffened corpse is found on the forest path, and winter keeps its grip on the land until June. Despondency and unease take root. When rumours begin to spread of the approach of a mysterious figure, a stranger astride a magnificent brown stallion, the conviction grows that he alone can lead the village through its hour of need. Accepting the villagers' invitation to settle in the valley, Nathaniel Cadwallader ushers in a golden age of faith and tranquillity. Yet there are those who resent the ease with which he holds the village in the palm of his hand, and when a beautiful outsider attempts to claim the carpenter as her own, the spell is broken, with tragic consequences.

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About the Author

Charlotte Fairbairn was born and raised in Scotland, read languages at Oxford and now lives with her husband - conductor Ross Pople - and two small children in rural Cumbria. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Plume (March 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452284007
• ISBN-13: 978-0452284005
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,993,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Carved icons and stallions, January 11, 2005

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This review is from: God Breathes His Dreams Through Nathaniel Cadwallader (Paperback)

Charlotte Fiarbain has written a haunting, lyrical and simple tale of a valley that finds a golden age when woodcarver Nathaniel Cadwallader rides into town. The story begins violently with a rape and sets the stage as time magically flows over the hamlet, taking a priest, a town leader and various families with it. The sad conclusion -- perhaps the only one possible -- brings with it a remorse. The best characters are Donald, a silent child who grows into a silent confidant, and Tom, a would-be leader haunted by an incident in the woods. The story picks up its tempo when a teenage girl raised wild comes to town and draws the town -- priest, woodcarver, Donald, Tom, the lot -- to their destruction and exile.