02137cam a2200265 4500 496826995 TxAuBib 20210402120000.0 200131s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020004065 9780735216167 HRD 28.00 0735216169 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib Buchanan, Cathy Marie. Daughter of Black Lake [BOOK] / Cathy Marie Buchanan. New York : Riverhead Books, 2020. 306 pages ; 24 cm. "In a world of pagan traditions and deeply rooted love, a girl in jeopardy must save her family and community, in a transporting historical novel by nationally bestselling author Cathy Marie Buchanan. It's the season of Fallow, in the era of iron. In a northern misty bog surrounded by woodlands and wheat fields, a settlement lies far beyond the reach of the Romans invading hundreds of miles to the southeast. Here, life is simple or so it seems to the tightly knit community. Sow. Reap. Honor Mother Earth,who will provide at harvest time. A girl named Devout comes of age, sweetly flirting with the young man she's tilled alongside all her life, and envisions a future of love and abundance. Seventeen years later, though, the settlement is a changed place. Famine has brought struggle, and outsiders, with their foreign ways and military might, have arrived at the doorstep. For Devout's young daughter, life is more troubled than her mother ever anticipated. But this girl has an extraordinary gift. As worlds collide and peril threatens, it will be up to her to save her family and community. Set in a time long forgotten, Daughter of Black Lake brings the ancient world to life and introduces us to an unforgettable family facing an unimaginable trial"-- Provided by publisher. 20210402. Paganism Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Ability Fiction. Great Britain History To 449 Fiction. Historical fiction.