Includes discussion questions. "Focus on the Family has announced that it will publish fiction for the first time under the Focus Fiction brand in partnership with Tyndale House Publishing. A limited series of three inaugural novels by bestselling, Christy Award-winning authors Angela Hunt, Chris Fabry, and Tamera Alexander will be published in the fall, edited by Jerry B. Jenkins." -- Publisher's Weekly
Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Maddie is left reeling after the unexpected passing of her beloved father. No one has any idea why he betrayed them all so spectacularly, but that's exactly what his death feels a betrayal. With their world shattered, Maddie's grieving mother sends her to spend a few months with her grandparents, thinking a change of scenery will do her good. Susan and Frank, Maddie's grandparents, are heartbroken over the loss of their son, but they welcome Maddie as an addition to their long-empty nest. Maddie settles in and makes friends at her new school, but she still wrestles with why her father took his own life. Then an unexpected twist throws all their lives into fresh turmoil, testing the very fabric of their faith.
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