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    Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain
    Taming the Twisted
    Audiobook series2 titles

    Taming the Twisted Series

    Written by Jodie Toohey

    Narrated by Bonnie Trost

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    About this series

    It may have appeared that the Sinkey family had tamed the twisted, but with a war disrupting their world as much as the tornado, there’s even more to unravel. Alice Sinkey, Abigail’s younger sister, gets the chance to tell her story in Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain – from her estranged relationship with her best friend to dealing with a scoundrel she thought had left their lives forever so she can leave her family safe when she escapes her stifling responsibilities to a new life. But she discovers that things aren’t always what they seem, and the world away from home isn’t always better.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWordsy Woman Press
    Release dateAug 10, 2020
    Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain
    Taming the Twisted

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Taming the Twisted
      Taming the Twisted

      Taming the Twisted

      Jodie Toohey
      4/5 - 1 rating
      4/5 - 1 rating

      "Taming the Twisted" is written in a similar style to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books though updated for modern times. It might read as if she'd left in all of the juicy tidbits about things people didn't talk about during the time when she was writing. "Taming the Twisted" is a story of destruction, romance, mystery, and deceit set against a backdrop of an actual historical event. In early June 1860, Abigail enjoyed a peaceful home life with her parents, younger sister, and twin toddler brothers. Their home in Camanche, Iowa, where they’d emigrated from Pennsylvania, was almost complete and her beau, Joseph Sund, had recently proposed marriage. That changes the evening of June 3rd when a tornado rips through town, killing her parents. At the mass funeral for the over two dozen people who perished in the storm, she learns Marty Cranson, with whom Abigail witnessed Joseph having a heated argument, died, but at the hands of a person rather than the tornado. In addition to being faced with raising her young siblings, Joseph has disappeared without a trace and a stranger, Marshall Stevenson, appears, offering to help Abigail repair the families’ home and cultivate the newly planted farm crops. Abigail, while developing romantic feelings for Marshall, tolerating the scorn of town woman Pamela Mackenrow, and working as a seamstress and storekeeper to support her siblings, becomes obsessed with finding out who killed Marty, hoping that and not that he no longer loved her, was the reason Joseph left without saying goodbye.

      "Taming the Twisted" is written in a similar style to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books though updated for modern times. It might read as if she'd left in all of the juicy tidbits about things people didn't talk about during the time when she was writing. "Taming the Twisted" is a story of destruction, romance, mystery, and deceit set against a backdrop of an actual historical event. In early June 1860, Abigail enjoyed a peaceful home life with her parents, younger sister, and twin toddler brothers. Their home in Camanche, Iowa, where they’d emigrated from Pennsylvania, was almost complete and her beau, Joseph Sund, had recently proposed marriage. That changes the evening of June 3rd when a tornado rips through town, killing her parents. At the mass funeral for the over two dozen people who perished in the storm, she learns Marty Cranson, with whom Abigail witnessed Joseph having a heated argument, died, but at the hands of a person rather than the tornado. In addition to being faced with raising her young siblings, Joseph has disappeared without a trace and a stranger, Marshall Stevenson, appears, offering to help Abigail repair the families’ home and cultivate the newly planted farm crops. Abigail, while developing romantic feelings for Marshall, tolerating the scorn of town woman Pamela Mackenrow, and working as a seamstress and storekeeper to support her siblings, becomes obsessed with finding out who killed Marty, hoping that and not that he no longer loved her, was the reason Joseph left without saying goodbye.

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      Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain
      Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain

      Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain

      Jodie Toohey
      0 ratings
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      It may have appeared that the Sinkey family had tamed the twisted, but with a war disrupting their world as much as the tornado, there’s even more to unravel. Alice Sinkey, Abigail’s younger sister, gets the chance to tell her story in Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain – from her estranged relationship with her best friend to dealing with a scoundrel she thought had left their lives forever so she can leave her family safe when she escapes her stifling responsibilities to a new life. But she discovers that things aren’t always what they seem, and the world away from home isn’t always better.

      It may have appeared that the Sinkey family had tamed the twisted, but with a war disrupting their world as much as the tornado, there’s even more to unravel. Alice Sinkey, Abigail’s younger sister, gets the chance to tell her story in Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain – from her estranged relationship with her best friend to dealing with a scoundrel she thought had left their lives forever so she can leave her family safe when she escapes her stifling responsibilities to a new life. But she discovers that things aren’t always what they seem, and the world away from home isn’t always better.

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