When her husband goes off to fight during World War I, a pregnant woman is left on her French farm to care for the animals, with only the help of an elderly farmhand and a mysterious 12-year-old boy. There is also a mare which is about to foal. When tragedy strikes, the woman becomes obsessed with the newborn horse. A local priest suggests she’s insane, and the boy thinks the foal is evil. Perhaps they are both right. A decade later, in a Paris apartment, the farmhand tells a young journalist the story about what really happened on that farm.
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“St. Jarre plays the English language like a finely tuned instrument, weaving his tale with suspense, elegance, and magic. You won’t want to miss this one. Five Stars!”
—Erica Heller, author of Yossarian Slept Here and
editor of One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us
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