E-book

The probable future

ISBN: 9780345478405 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 0345478401 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 336 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c2004.

Summary: In this bewitching tale, three living generations of Sparrow women confront their strange and challenging heritage. It all begins in 1697 when a strange girl who can't feel physical pain walks out of the woods surrounding the tiny settlement of Unity, and unnerves the witch-fearing townsfolk. Each of her descendents, all female and all born in the volatile month of March, possesses a similarly troublesome gift. Elinor can recognize a liar at 100 paces, although her husband still betrays her. Jenny, her daughter, dreams other people's dreams. And her daughter, Stella, can see people's deaths, a burden that at first wreaks havoc when her feckless father is accused of a murder she foresees but later becomes a boon.