Book description
A wounded soldier, returned to his family, persuades his horse-loving
elder sister to accept a marriage proposal from a local farmer. With
nothing to do but lie in bed and observe people, his hero status goes to
his head and he begins to rearrange lives with disastrous results. In a
compendium plot we delve into the life stories of his community,
accumulating in a dramatic showdown involving a charming thief, a
sensitive child, a wicked stepmother and his own carer. A wounded
soldier, returned to his family, persuades his horse-loving elder sister
to accept a marriage proposal from a local farmer. With nothing to do
but lie in bed and observe people, his hero status goes to his head and
he begins to rearrange lives with disastrous results. In a compendium
plot we delve into the life stories of his community, accumulating in a
dramatic showdown involving a charming thief, a sensitive child, a
wicked stepmother and his own carer.
