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Jenny is drawn back to Strathard after receiving a large inheritance to be used for the good of humanity. While there, she thinks back on all that has happened during her life. Jenny’s mother died during childbirth, turning Jenny’s father to alcoholism. Her older brother, Callum, and the man she loves, Todd, both enroll for war leaving only Jenny and her Grandpa to care for Graham, her disabled brother. This all leaves Jenny questioning is there really a God? As Jenny’s rival, Neil Fraser, tries to convince her daily that God is there to help, She fights with continuing disbelief. Why would God make Graham disabled, take her mother, turn her father to alcoholism, and kill her love Todd in the war? The final event to warrant her disbelief is the death of Jenny’s Grandpa. When Callum returns home for Grandpa’s funeral, he confronts Jenny with an unimaginable proposal. Neil Fraser wants to marry Jenny and to care for both her and Graham back at his church in Edinburgh. Thinking solely of her brother, Jenny agrees. Now she finds herself again in Strathard trying to sort out her life.
Bisbey has created another scintillating novel centering around Strathard. The author uses her head-strong character, Jenny, to show readers how a combination of simple events can change a person’s life and beliefs dramatically. Bisbey demonstrates how feelings of love can cultivate and change within a marriage, even one of convenience. She provides proof that all couples can change and grow together despite numerous differences. In addition, Bisbey gives readers a chance to challenge their beliefs and shows multiple outlooks on various religions as Jenny contemplates many through the books she loves to read. In the end, all the beliefs and practices come together for one goal: to improve humanity for all.
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