The First Rains of October (Volume 0) - Softcover

Barbera, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1419666231 ISBN 13: 9781419666230

Publisher: BookSurge Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

When August St. Clair disappears off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean during her high school graduation party, her boyfriend, Clay, will spend the next ten years in prison for her murder. When a young woman shows up in town claiming to be August, it sets in motion a cascading series of events forcing the small dairy town to question what lengths it will go to to make sure that a long-buried secret doesn’t suddenly resurface. Ultimately, it’s August’s story: Love blossoms in turmoil, tragedy turns to triumph, and a door opens for miracles. Realistic Christian Fiction.
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About this title

About the Author

Anthony Barbera is the author of two novels, Catching Baby Moses and The First Rains of October, and the author of two screenplays, American Psalm and In the Shadow of Grace. The president of Barbera Film works, he lives with his family in Northern California.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Graduation Night--June 4, 1965 When August St. Claire ran off that cliff she dropped like a rock. True, she was running and her legs kept kicking in the air--but then gravity yanked on her ankles. She instantly grasped the situation, so she didn't flail or flap her arms. Instead, she pressed them tightly to her sides, the way young girls do when they jump into a freezing swimming pool. Then she screamed. August realized in that split second that being an arrow was her best chance for survival. If she didn't shatter on the rocks below first, if somehow she miraculously missed all the craggy spikes and plunged into that deep hole, deep enough to envelope her long fall from the cliff above--then she might live. August didn't have time to be afraid or to remember that she was naked, her underwear clenched tightly in her right fist. There wasn't even time to review her life and remember all those thankful moments you never want to forget. There was simply no way to tell when she'd hit. It was pitch black and foggy, so the only visible item she could see were her feet descending ahead of her.

She grabbed deep breaths hurriedly and exhaled quickly, deciding to fill up with as much air as she possibly could. Then she whimpered to herself and waited.

Edition details

• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419666231
• ISBN 13: 9781419666230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286