New Contemporary Novel from an Award-Winning Author Jane Morrow has a dilemma. She's engaged to Seth Ballantine, a member of the National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and he's returned from Iraq severely wounded. Jane hasn't seen him for nearly a year, and with trepidation, she heads to the VA hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, where he is being treated. Seth isn't happy to see her. He'd asked her not to come. He wants to end the relationship....

Ex-convict John Sheldon returns home to his wife Andrea and their three children. While incarcerated, he committed his life to Christ and wants to hold fast to his newfound faith. Andrea is wary of his conversion, son Billy is delighted, and daughter Rebekah is skeptical. Six-year-old Phoebe doesn't remember her father and is withdrawn. Can John and Andrea mend the rifts that have torn their family apart?

The story of Nova Tierney, who desperately longs for a father; her mother, Catherine, angry at a God in whom she no longer believes; and Josef Karski, an Auschwitz survivor whose trusting spirit refuses to be subdued.

Augie Schuler is desperate for love, the kind "normal" families provide. And when she meets Sunny Yamagata and her family, Augie knows she's found what she's looking for in spite of cultural differences. Together, the two girls pursue the fanciful dreams of youth and a sometimes humorous search for God beneath the bright California sun. When the dark days of World War II and the Japanese internment camps tear them apart, they vow never to forget each...

Shares the history of the monument, including why it was built, how it was built, and what makes it such an extraordinary piece of architecture.