โ Scribed by McNicoll, Andrea
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; List of Characters; Prologue: Lottery Day; Pumpkin; The Novice; Fat of the Land; The Widow Ghost; The Sword; The Relic; Skin Deep; Escape from the Bear, Run into the Tiger; First Prize in the Strong Man Contest; Mali Foi Thong; History Lessons; The Hot-Air Balloon; Hair; The Way to a Man's Heart; The Banyan Tree; Epilogue: Lottery Day; Acknowledgements.;How can Mother Nong and Mother Pensri save their menfolk from terrifying visions of widow ghosts when Uncle Lai's moonshine stall does such brisk business? What possessed Mother Suree to cut off her husband's proudest appendage and attach it to a high-flying balloon during the festival of Loy Krathong? And is the sacred banyan tree dying because the men are taking bets on its size, or because the women are lighting too many oil lamps under its ancient boughs? Achieving both charm and authenticity, debut novelist Andrea McNicoll subtly builds up her characters and themes to create a world so di.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Prohibition is a big headache for some . . . and a big payday for others, the fearless entrepreneurs with little respect for the law of the land. With $125,000 worth of Kentucky's finest homemade whiskey in his possession, big, hell-raising Son Martin counts himself among the latter. Son knows havin
What was an accidental witch to do when fate sends a sexy witch on a motorcycle, only to find out he might be there to kill her? Zoey Mathers was adjusting to life as a witch-- a real finger wiggling, magic casting, talk to spirits witch who was thrown into the middle of a war between good and evil
Zoey Mathers had everything going for her until one night she lost her biggest client, her job, and her reputation. Leaving her life up to fate, Zoey closed her eyes and pointed. She would serve out her career exile in the small mountain town of Moonshine Hollow where moonshine flowed as freely as a
Zoey Mathers was a witch. Not on purpose. It had happened accidently. But as Zoey was finding out, maybe this had been her fate all along. Luckily the potential witch hunter, Slade, had turned out to be on her side and had found a place in her heart. With the War of the Witches heating up, it's not
A half-breed and a white man. For years their legend has grown, but few know how far they will go for one another or the roots of their blood bond. Now, that bond will be put to the most deadly test yet... When Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves came to Kansas, they didn't know the Governor had just ma
When Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves came to Kansas, they didn't know the Governor had just made the state liquor-free. But it doesn't take Matt long to find a place to drink and a family of enterprising moonshiners with one stunningly beautiful daughter. Trouble is, while Matt is falling hard, Sam i