Margaret Tuttle's story is one of love unsought, for she had
been perfectly content with the well-ordered and conveniently
predictable life she had arranged for herself.But something dark
lurks beneath the surface of her placid and uncluttered being,
something dusty with neglect, yet painful to the touch. Birdie
Freeman is everything Margaret is not: homely, humble, and
generous. It is Birdie who manages, through nothing but acts of
love, to dredge up Margaret's memories of things better left
buried. Then Margaret discovers that Birdie harbors secrets of her
own.
"This book reminds me of why I love to read."--Michelle Collings,
Editor, Doubleday/Crossings Book Club
Jamie Langston Turner, author of the acclaimed novels Some
Wildflower in My Heart and A Garden to Keep(a Christy Award
winner), has been a teacher for more than twenty-five years at both
the elementary and college level. She has written textbook
materials as well as stories, articles, plays, and poems for a
variety of periodicals including Faith for the Family, Kids, Moody,
Plays, The Christian Reader, and Living With Children.
Born in Mississippi, Jamie has lived in the South all her life,
currently residing with her husband and son in South Carolina,
where she teaches Creative Writing and Poetry Writing at Bob Jones
University. Jamie is an active member of Heritage Bible Church. Her
hobbies include reading, tennis, and needlework.