Jane Herbert is 12 years old when tragedy strikes and sets her on a lifelong search for forgiveness and love. Her wounds need healing - both in her heart and between she and her mother. Jane finds the love of her life in a dreamer 16 years her senior and longs for children. Together they build bridges over rivers and troubled relationships, making peace with their Indian neighbors. On that journey, they discover that to pursue one's dreams with strength,...

Cassie Hendrick Stearns, married to a prosperous Oregon entrepreneur in the early twentieth century, appears to be blessed with a doting husband and daughter, a loving sister, and social standing, but disquiet lurks beneath the surface and she struggles to come to grips with her past choices and find the peace she so desperately craves.