Keziah DuaneIndomitable countrywoman and her children allow an itinerant stranger to stay with them on their house boat even though the children sense something evil about him. |
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User Review - polywogg - LibraryThingPLOT OR PREMISE: Keziah Dane is a struggling single mother in 1939. Her husband died two years before in a flood, trying to rescue other townspeople, and her son was taken too. This leaves Keziah with ... Read full review
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