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Gwen Banta

Beyond the Hole in the Fence

1950. When New York authorities try to remove Rainy from her home, she and Gramps seek refuge with a traveling carnival. They must adapt to an unconventional, nomadic lifestyle filled with carnies whose physical anomalies have defined them as “freaks.”

While traveling with the show, Rainy, Gramps, and the carnies suffer through a widespread Polio Epidemic and must fight to survive the ravages of Delaware's terrifying Hurricane Able of 1952. After a shocking turn of events, Rainy longs to return to a normal life. But what does “normal” really mean?

Gwen Banta's BEYOND THE HOLE IN THE FENCE is an edge-of-your-seat adventure filled with colorful, larger-than-life characters. Through humor and heartbreak, Rainy learns she can never recapture her past. She finds love and comes of age in an eccentric environment under remarkable circumstances.

“Thoroughly absorbing from the 1st paragraph… a rollicking ride… an exceptionally vivid portrait of the 1950s and an atmosphere of wonder, revelation, and change.” — D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review-
218 printed pages
Original publication
2024
Publication year
2024
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  • Katie Chasinshared an impression4 months ago

    Beautifully written, richly flows, couldn’t wait to go to bed so I could read into the wee hours! Her words brought tears to my eyes & joy to my heart. A genuine coming of age story in a fascinating setting that is peculiar, strange & yet familiar. As we all have characters in our families that made Rainy’s family feel as familiar to us as our own weird but wonderful life stories. It is so appealing because the attachments & relationships are just as real in Rainy’s world as they would be in a quasi normal suburban family, you never know what truly happens behind closed doors more under a big red tent. Family is not always what you’re born into, it is what you make with what you have & what you can create. Highly recommend !

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