A Dry Spell

Author: Clare Chambers

In 1976 four students took a trip to the desert. Now the repercussions of that fateful summer are coming back to haunt them…And repercussions are just what Guy doesn’t need: his wife, Jane, is moving swiftly from slightly eccentric to downright peculiar, their three-year-old daughter seems set on destroying Jane’s sanity, and now even God’s gone quiet on him.As for Nina,….Read More

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