From the acclaimed author of The Last Pearl and The Postcard, a
beautiful and epic novel spanning three generations of one family's dark
secrets, betrayal, love, and redemption.
1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying father, Joy grows
up witness to the persecution of the farming community for following a
banned faith. Defying the authority of the local priest, she joins a
group of Yorkshire pioneers traveling to the New World to form a Quaker
colony close to Philadelphia--a passionate, rebellious, and courageous
woman fighting against the constraints of the time. Will she find peace
and love?
2014. A leather-bound book is found buried in the walls of the
Meeting House in Good Hope, Pennsylvania. Its details trace the owner
back to a Yorkshire farm in the Dales. And so a correspondence begins
between Rachel Moorside and the man who found the journal, Sam Storer,
as Rachel uncovers the tumultuous secrets of her family's history.
Emotionally powerful, moving, and filled with rich historical detail,
this compelling journey into the past will stay with you long after the
final page is turned.