The Unicorn Glade

Willa Dawn Cotton

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Life was good for Baby Gin. Growing up in the rural South, she was the
apple of her daddy's eye and was coddled and spoiled by a loving housekeeper
and an elder brother who thought she could do no wrong. And she was in love.

Baby Gin lived for the summers when she
knew Cary Ellington would come to stay with his grandfather. She had grand designs for marrying him when
she was all grown up. Of course, she
took for granted that Cary would see things the same way. It never occurred to her that a ten-year
age difference would be of consequence to him.

But we all know what they say about a woman
scorned.

The Unicorn Glade is a coming-of-age story of a girl's quest for understanding of
the world around her, especially when she realizes that
she can't always get what she wants. It
is a journey of self discovery and self realization, of finding her way out of
darkness and learning to see beauty in the world even when things do not feel so beautiful.

Written in a style evocative of the South, the book is peopled by a host of quirky
characters who live in and around the small town of Indianola,
Mississippi. The author's smooth,
soothing, sometimes rambling prose brings to mind hot summer nights and warm
gentle breezes, and will have you reaching for a cool mint julep by the end of
the first page.

A light-hearted, humorous, and
often irreverent book, it is filled with anecdotes and old Southern
expressions, with a heaping helping of gossip served on the side.

Available since: 04/15/2010.

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