01352cam a2200325 4500 508302338 TxAuBib 20131105120000.0 090811s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009032123 9781439172773 trade 1439172773 trade DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Brown, Sandra. Rainwater / Sandra Brown. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. 247 p. ; 21 cm. In 1934, Ella Barron struggles to keep her Texas boardinghouse afloat despite the financial hardships her neighbors are facing, which leads her to rent a room to the soft-spoken David Rainwater, who shows Ella and her ten-year-old son the true meaning of trust and compassion. Adult Follett Library Resources. 20110801. Boardinghouses Fiction. City and town life Texas Fiction. Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 Fiction. Hotels and motels Fiction. Historical fiction. Texas Social conditions 20th century Fiction. Texas Social conditions Fiction. United States History 1933-1945 Fiction.