Publisher's Synopsis
Violet Dimond, the Holy Terror, has delivered many of the town children in her capacity as handywoman. But Violet's calling is dying out with medicine's advances. Grace,Violet's adopted daughter, is a symbol of change herself. In the place where she has grown up and everyone knows her, she is accepted, though most of the locals never before saw a girl with skin that colour. For Violet and Grace the coming war will bring more upheaval: can they endure it, or will they be swept aside by history's tide?
