Shaken in the Water Jessica Dawn Penner

1903: a Mennonite woman gives birth to a daughter named Agnes. The child bears a birthmark known in Low German as Tieja Kjoaw, the Tiger’s Scar. The mark portends greatness or tragedy. Agnes becomes the matriarch of a family struggling for greatness: her husband shaves his entire body to win God’s favor; a tornado carries her daughter away on a clear winter day; convinced he is a modern Moses, her son frees a truckload of cattle; her granddaughter butchers a cat to save her marriage; a tiger residing in her daughter’s backyard claims to be the love of Agnes’ life. “...compelling, disturbing, and engaging...” ~Ann Hostetler The reality of the world Jessica Penner creates in “Shaken in the Water” is never quite what it appears to be: love can so swiftly shift-shape into hatred, rage into compassion, understanding into rejection and longing. But for the reader there is always the Voice calling, “Herein!”—“Come in!” ~Rudy Wiebe Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Shaken in the Water (Jessica Dawn Penner)