German-born Essie Kroecker is a precocious and talented child, raised in bucolic Salamanca, New York. She is the apple of her father's eye, the bane to her overly religious grandparents, and sidekick to her rebellious older brother. But the world is changing in confusing ways for a child. The rumblings of the First World War are beginning to infiltrate her peaceful and secure life, and she has more questions than there are answers. Why have her family, her German neighbors, and even her pastor-grandfather, suddenly become people of suspicion? Why are they on the outside looking in? Gentle Spirits-Fragile Hearts is a story of history's impact on a child, then a young woman, born with an uncanny wisdom and perceptive insights. The question is, will she be gentle of spirit and frail of heart like her mother, or will she garner an inner strength and overcome these times into which she was born?

Bobbie Sanders and her family live what some might call an idyllic life in Newport Beach, California. Happily married with two fairly normal teenagers, Bobbie confronts life's challenges with faith, humor, and humility. But life as Bobbie has come to know it is in flux. Her "kill them with kindness" attitude hits a wall when the irascible Mr. Ragoni moves in next door and rebuffs all her efforts to win him over. It's just the first sign of the seismic changes that threaten Bobbie's sense of security. Her husband, Bud, is going through a midlife crisis; her daughter, Pamela, is leaving convention and a fiance behind for new horizons in Japan; and her sixteen-year-old son, Cole, shocks them all by befriending Mr. Ragoni ... to potentially disastrous effect.

In All Things Possible, Bobbie's goodness--and her faith--are challenged to the core when real tragedy occurs, and she is forced to question the divine promise that God will not give her more than she can handle.