Publisher's Synopsis
Ruth is living a fairy tale life until tragedy enters.
To many, Ruth Gibbs is an inspiration to living a happy and productive life.
Then disaster strikes. Teresa Lynn, the oldest of the Gibbs girls, receives a diagnosis of leukemia and begins a grueling battle against the disease.
They proceed to explore every path in the hope of a cure-including enthusiastic offers of divine healing from the local charismatic community, who see an opportunity to recruit Don and his family to their beliefs. Ruth views the charismatic community as charlatans...but when a child's life hangs in the balance, every straw seems worth grasping.
When Teresa loses the battle with this horrid disease, Ruth and Don find themselves criticized and attacked by the once supportive charismatics, who claim some sin within the family led to Teresa's death.
If the loss of a beloved child is not enough, the criticism was overwhelming. It seems they had been forsaken by God. Ruth's faith was badly damaged and her depression and loss of faith was overwhelming.
How she ultimately returns to faith and finds redemption, however, is a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit.
