A busy, harried career woman is forced to pull her car into a quiet
and peaceful veteran's cemetery when she has mechanical trouble.
After calling for help, she decides to leave the hot car and sit on
a bench beneath a shade tree, overlooking the neat rows of crosses.
As she waits impatiently, fiddling with her PDA and laptop
computer, she hardly notices an elderly woman who comes from
nowhere to sit beside her. The old woman begins a conversation,
ignoring the businesswoman's lack of interest, and then proceeds to
tell her?without even asking if she wants to hear it?what turns out
to be an amazing story. It is the tale of a young soldier and his
journey from an idyllic small-town home to a World War II
battlefield on an island in the South Pacific. The soldier writes a
long letter every day to the girl back home that he pledged to
marry when he returned from the war. He talks of his desire to
raise a family and become a minister as they had planned. Then, in
a heroic act, the young soldier saves the lives of several of his
buddies but, in the process, he is seriously wounded and loses his
eyesight. When the young soldier returns home, he is bitter and
refuses to marry his sweetheart. He claims he does not want to
saddle her with the responsibility of caring for a cripple for the
rest of his life, turning his back on her and God. She tries to
share with him her outlook on life, her belief that God uses such
tragedies to direct us toward achieving greater things in our ride
through life, but the soldier refuses to listen and shuts her out
of his dark, hopeless world. However, God does have bigger plans
for both the soldier and the woman. With the help of some of the
men whose lives he saved, the soldier's fiance makes him see God's
purpose and that he can not only be a miracle himself but lead
others through rough road on life's perilous ride. Then the
businesswoman, captivated by the old woman's story, experiences a
miracle in her own life. A final revelation shows the busy
executive that her stop at the soldiers? cemetery that day, and her
encounter with the old woman and a couple more "angels," were no
mere coincidences. The mystery of how these three people and their
fates are intertwined will offer hope for those who are hurting or
who have loved ones of their own fighting a distant war. The story
is a salute to veterans everywhere, regardless the war, and the
sacrifice they make for their country. It is also a story of those
who are left behind and the sacrifices they make in wartime as
well. This theme resonates strongly with what is happening in Iraq,
Afghanistan and other places today. But this is primarily the story
of a love and faith that even a world war could not kill and of all
the good that comes from what appears to be tragedy.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2012 |
First published: |
August 2012 |
Authors: |
Don Keith
• Edie Hand
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
140 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4791-8952-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4791-8952-9 |
Barcode: |
9781479189526 |
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