by Ford Madox Ford (2005)
This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy - or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove's with your hand. My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs Ashburnham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them.
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A graphic tale inspired by the author's poignant journey of adopting a baby while coping with her father's illness and her reluctance to marry a long-time boyfriend describes her struggles through the emotionally wrenching international adoption process and the parenting experiences through which she came to better understand her father.
Deborah Raney
"The Whitmans are adding grandchildren to their family, but middle daughter, Danae, is childless. Though Danae is ready to consider adoption, her husband will not discuss it. Volunteering at a women's shelter is teaching Danae to live her life with gratitude, but then heart-wrenching events on Thanksgiving weekend threatens turmoil for the entire Whitman clan"--
Gary Smalley & Karen Kingsbury
Kari Baxter Jacobs is furious, hurt, and confused. Her husband Tim, a respected professor of journalism, is having an affair with a student. Stunned, Kari returns home to the Baxter family to sort things out. But when an old flame shows up, she is more confused than ever. How can Kari forgive her husband? What remedy could possibly ease the pain? A betrayal. A broken marriage. Will Kari ever love again? The gifted writing team of Gary Smalley and Karen Kingsbury brings us a profound story of redemption.
Tracy Price-Thompson
In their previous book the authors took on interracial prejudice. In this, their second book in the series, they once again offer hope and healing, this time from the nightmare of abuse.