Beyond the Hole in the Fence

<p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p><em>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-</em></p>