"Sweeping epic" -Booklist

"A feel-good story for both heart and soul." -Kirkus Reviews

"An impressive debut." -Publishers Weekly

Can love really heal all things?

If Sam Carroll hadn't shown up, she might have been able to get to her mother in time. Instead, Allie Everly finds herself at a funeral, mourning the loss of her beloved mother. She is dealt another blow when, a few hours later, she is sent from Tennessee to Maine to become the daughter of Miss Beatrice Lovell, a prim woman with a faith Allie cannot accept.

Poetry and letters written to her mother become the only things keeping Allie's heart from hardening completely. But then Sam arrives for the summer, and with him comes many confusing emotions, both toward him and the people around her. As World War II looms, Allie will be forced to decide whether hanging on to the past is worth losing her chance to be loved.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 01/22/2013
ISBN: 9780310728108
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 151302 / Interrupted: Life Beyond Words
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 8