**The Gentrification of Rural Texas** βThe Gillespie County Fair, the oldest fair in Texas, looms insistently over the shoulder of Marc Hess's new novel. As rampant land development and tourist money begin to transform the old German farming community of Fredericksburg, two intermarried pioneer
DM05 - The County Fair
β Scribed by Valentine, Katherine
- Book ID
- 108056230
- Publisher
- The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Series
- Dorsetville 5
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780385516099
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β¦ Synopsis
The annual County Fair sparks a flurry of activity and brings some surprising secrets to light in this heartwarming conclusion to Katherine Valentineβs beloved Dorsetville series.
Itβs the end of summer and Dorsetville folks are busier than bees. Days are filled from dawn to sunset with last-minute chores, while the women struggle to find time to prepare their special dishes in hopes of winning a coveted blue ribbon at the annual County Fair. As opening day of the fair draws near, folks have plenty to occupy their minds as well. Much to the chagrin of Father James, he has been chosen to help judge the apple pie contest; Matthew Metcalf worries about how to keep his girlfriend and pay for college at the same time; the Petersons welcome a long-awaited and newly adopted baby; and Hudson, Marion Holmesβs butler, hopes to give his beloved employer a new reason to live by researching the parentage of a young boy who has just arrived in town along with the fair. The boy is a carbon copy of Marionβs deceased son, William. Could he be the product of an old love affair between William and a girl whose uncle once owned a carnival? Before this mystery can be solved, however, the sheriff and the FBI must figure outβbefore itβs too lateβthat the owner of the fair is planning to risk the lives of the fairgoers in order to hide a major drug deal he is taking part in.
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