When Alex Montgomerys irresponsible brother rapes Annie, Alex marries her in order to raise the child that results from the rape. Unable to father a child of his own, Alex plans to keep the baby and then commit Annie to an institution. But Alex comes to love his mute wife and discovers that Annie is not insane or simple, but deaf. Alexs love ushers him into her solitary world and shows him the brilliance and fire within her wounded soul. He takes her from innocence to passion, learning her private language as well as the healing language of love. But what will happen when it is time to let Annie go? Only a writer of Catherine Andersons sensibilities can write a novel where the extraordinary becomes ordinary and the ordinary extraordinary. ANNIES SONG is a remarkably beautiful love story that will leave an indelible mark on your heart. Here is a "keeper" if I ever read one! SENSUAL."/>
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Annie Trimble is the towns outcast, an "idiot" girl who endures a lonely, silent world.
When Alex Montgomerys irresponsible brother rapes Annie, Alex marries her in order to raise the child that results from the rape. Unable to father a child of his own, Alex plans to keep the baby and then commit Annie to an institution. But Alex comes to love his mute wife and discovers that Annie is not insane or simple, but deaf. Alexs love ushers him into her solitary world and shows him the brilliance and fire within her wounded soul. He takes her from innocence to passion, learning her private language as well as the healing language of love. But what will happen when it is time to let Annie go? Only a writer of Catherine Andersons sensibilities can write a novel where the extraordinary becomes ordinary and the ordinary extraordinary. ANNIES SONG is a remarkably beautiful love story that will leave an indelible mark on your heart. Here is a "keeper" if I ever read one! SENSUAL.Anderson, Catherine is the author of 'Annie's Song' with ISBN 9780380779611 and ISBN 0380779617.