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Synopsis
Hope shines brightest when all seems lost.
Stephanie London led a life of comfort and ease in St. Louis before feeling inexplicably drawn back to her father s roots in the tiny Southern town of Hope Springs. Charlotte Willoughby has lived there all her life and longs to make a new life somewhere else. Stephanie doesn t know exactly what she s doing there or how to occupy her time. And Charlotte doesn t understand why, despite her overbearing family and reminders of her failed engagement, she s suddenly led to stay.
Despite its small-town charm, Hope Springs itself is at a crossroads. After a failed reconciliation attempt by two well-meaning pastors, the town is split along racial and cultural lines, with little hope for redemption.
When a terrible tragedy puts Hope Springs on the national radar, the entire town is tested, and both Stephanie and Charlotte feel their lives unraveling. In the midst of heartache, though, they ll discover the true color of hope . . .
. . . journeys us through the challenge of breaking through prejudice and hurt for the sake of love and faith. Rachel Hauck, best-selling author of The Wedding Dress
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Synopsis
Hope shines brightest when all seems lost.
Charlotte Willoughby has led a predictable life. Born and raised in Hope Springs, her family expected her to return after college, and she did. Now in her mid-twenties, she's ready to begin her third year as a phys ed teacher at Hope Springs High. But life as usual takes a turn as tensions rise in the town over changes at her local church. Suddenly she finds herself at odds with her family, even as she delights in newfound friendships with black people in the town. But when one of those friendships turns into a budding romance, she's pushed to the brink of deciding what's more important-tradition and family . . . or her identity in Christ.
Stephanie Sanders felt that God wanted her and her husband to relocate to Hope Springs, but she had no idea what the purpose was for her being there. Even as she agrees to serve as a substitute teacher at Hope Springs High, she thinks she's merely biding time-until her heart is drawn to a lonely teen named Samara. Soon Stephanie is sure this is part of her mission in Hope Springs as she sees the difference she's making-but then Samara's life takes a tragic turn . . . and Stephanie's is thrown into a tailspin.
As shoots of hope begin to rise, Charlotte and Stephanie find that their lives-and the town-have been changed forever.