{"product_id":"the-calling-9781734582802","title":"The Calling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKerry leaned forward, a serious expression stealing over her face. \"Something told you? You mean like a calling sort of thing?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow much does fate work in our lives? How much do our ancestral roots determine who we are? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry Carter is on a mission to answer these questions. Prompted by her late father's unfinished research of lost family history, the young Social Studies teacher takes a year of absence to travel to England. It a dual-purpose trip: to gather classroom material for her focus on English culture and to search out her own bloodline. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry's friends are skeptical, as Kerry has never traveled outside North Carolina. She's also known to be a bit of a klutz, both physically and socially. But Kerry is determined. She feels compelled, as if an important purpose is calling her from across the ocean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry's search leads her to wild and beautiful Cornwall, whose eighteenth-century history is ripe with smuggling and piracy. Could this dark and daring history be hers by way of her ancestors? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way Kerry's strengths and weaknesses are tested, and this leads her to a deeper sense of self-awareness. She also finds friendships, adventure, intrigue...and Merrek Walles, a darkly handsome young Cornishman with an old soul. Their first encounter sparks a recognition of sorts, and their relationship quickly deepens. Together they uncover a two-hundred-year-old mystery and make an ancestral discovery that binds them even more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut will history repeat itself and tear Kerry away from the man she loves and the family roots and homeland she has finally found?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teresa McCoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734582802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.84d","brand":"Teresa D. McCoy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44902097617077,"sku":"9781734582802","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9196bfcb-87f5-415e-98d9-ebebf2c8c382.jpg?v=1733813155","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-calling-9781734582802","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}