Set in the late 1960s a young girl journeys through personal as well as family heartbreak. At six years old, Kate Lynn Swedin encounters the foster care system for the first time. With a mentally unstable mother and an alcoholic Father, Kate is taken away from all she has ever known and plunged into a darkness that threatens to break her.
Just when Kate feels she has reached her darkest point a hand reaches out with a glimmer of hope her heart has longed for. Sophia, a short Italian woman in her mid thirties along with her husband Paul take on the challenge of raising Kate and her three siblings. Now Kate meets a future that is full of opportunity for discovering what love and compassion is from strangers who hold her future happiness in their hands.
Vorwort
An intimate view into a foster child's life and the family that gave her hope and boundless faith.
Autorentext
Teresa Doherty resides in Running Springs, California and is a devoted mother of six grown children. Teresa has been in children's ministry for over twenty years. As a former foster child, she has a unique insight into the foster-care system. The story of Kate is based on Teresa's childhood and gives an intimate look at life through the eyes of a foster child.