He can, apparently, control the weather, speak with animals, accelerate plant growth, and do other supernatural things on occasion, but he’s also a perennial outsider, walking in and out of other people’s lives only to leave them touched with enchantment and confusion. But first he has to muster enough courage to knock on Mary's front door.Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, Ruth Emmie Lang ( St. There is one story, however, that Weylyn wishes he could change: his own. Although he doesn't stay in any of their lives for long, he leaves each of them with a story to tell: great storms that evaporate into thin air fireflies that make phosphorescent honey a house filled with spider webs and the strange man who inhabits it.
But when he single-handedly stopped that tornado on a stormy Christmas day in Oklahoma, he realized just how different he actually was.Īs amazing as these powers may appear, they tend to manifest themselves at inopportune times and places, jeopardizing not only his own life, but the life of Mary, the woman he loves.īeasts of Extraordinary Circumstance tells the story of Weylyn Grey's life from the perspectives of the people who knew him, loved him, and even a few who thought he was just plain weird. Orphaned, raised by wolves, and the proud owner of a horned pig named Merlin, Weylyn Grey knew he wasn't like other people. Ruth Emmie Lang teaches us how to find magic in the ordinary in her magical realism debut Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance. "Charlotte's Web for grown-ups who, like Weylyn Grey, have their own stories of being different, feared, brave, and loved." -Mo Daviau, author of Every Anxious Wave "A wholly original and superbly crafted work of art, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance is a masterpiece of the imagination." -Lori Nelson Spielman, New York Times bestselling author of The Life List and Sweet Forgiveness "Bristles with charm and curiosity" -Winston Groom, New York Times bestselling author of Forrest Gump "Told with brains and heart" -Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment
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