Book description
In her career as a photojournalist, free-spirited Jessie Ryder has seen
the world through her camera lens. But she's never traveled far enough
to escape a painful moment that has haunted her for the past sixteen
years: the day she gave her baby daughter away. Now, facing a
life-altering crisis, she's decided to fix the broken pieces of her
heart and seek out Lila, even if it means she has to upset the world of
Lila's adoptive mother &her very own sister, Luz. Like a Technicolor
tornado bursting into Luz's picture-perfect life, Jessie returns to her
Texas hometown with a shattering request. She wants to tell Lila the
truth. As Luz and her husband struggle with what Jessie's return may
mean to the rebellious Lila, their seemingly solid marriage falters. Old
secrets are exposed. Then, just as Jessie comes to terms with the past,
life's bittersweet irony plays its hand. She meets Dustin Matlock, a
young father who has survived a devastating loss. And Jessie begins to
see the hopeful possibilities that lie buried in the most wrenching
tragedies. Though she aches to reach out to those she loves, Jessie
stands at the crossroads. She is leaving behind the only life she knows
and leaping blindly into the unknown. Now the choice she makes will
affect the life of her daughter and challenge the meaning of sisterhood.
As Jessie and Luz examine the true meaning of love, loyalty and family,
they are drawn into an emotional tug-of-war filled with moments of
unexpected humor, surprising sweetness and unbearable sadness. But as
the pain, regrets and mistakes of the past slowly rise to the surface, a
new picture emerges a picture filled with hope and promise and the
redeeming power of the human heart. In her career as a
photojournalist, free-spirited Jessie Ryder has seen the world through
her camera lens. But she's never traveled far enough to escape a painful
moment that has haunted her for the past sixteen years: the day she gave
her baby daughter away. Now, facing a life-altering crisis, she's
decided to fix the broken pieces of her heart and seek out Lila, even if
it means she has to upset the world of Lila's adoptive mother &her
very own sister, Luz. Like a Technicolor tornado bursting into Luz's
picture-perfect life, Jessie returns to her Texas hometown with a
shattering request. She wants to tell Lila the truth. As Luz and her
husband struggle with what Jessie's return may mean to the rebellious
Lila, their seemingly solid marriage falters. Old secrets are exposed.
Then, just as Jessie comes to terms with the past, life's bittersweet
irony plays its hand. She meets Dustin Matlock, a young father who has
survived a devastating loss. And Jessie begins to see the hopeful
possibilities that lie buried in the most wrenching tragedies. Though
she aches to reach out to those she loves, Jessie stands at the
crossroads. She is leaving behind the only life she knows and leaping
blindly into the unknown. Now the choice she makes will affect the life
of her daughter and challenge the meaning of sisterhood. As Jessie and
Luz examine the true meaning of love, loyalty and family, they are drawn
into an emotional tug-of-war filled with moments of unexpected humor,
surprising sweetness and unbearable sadness. But as the pain, regrets
and mistakes of the past slowly rise to the surface, a new picture
emerges a picture filled with hope and promise and the redeeming power
of the human heart.
