On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son.
When Pete Solomon, a neglected twelve-year-old boy, and Justin bring a wounded wolf-dog hybrid to Dr. Lucy, the outcasts soon find refuge in one another. Lucy never thought she’d make connections again, never mind fall in love. Pete never imagined he’d find friends as loyal as Justin and the dog. But these four people aren’t allowed to be friends, much less a family, when the whole town turns violently against them.
With heavy hearts, Dr. Lucy and Pete say goodbye to Calvin and Justin. But through the years they keep hope alive…waiting for the world to catch up with them.
Again Catherine great book. If you want great characters and plots about difficult subjects this author can write it. I was again sucked right in. So hard to go to work once you start one of her novels. Thanks for the escape.
similar hate rhetoric and violent behaviors are seen in today’s world … LOVING WON!Â
Bravery and Courage I got this book last evening when it dropped into my Kindle. I read it in less than a day. I couldn’t not. It’s the kind of story that, while you’re reading it and the dogs have to go out or you have to eat dinner, it’s an annoyance to have to stop to attend to those everyday events that you normally look forward to. It’s the kind of book that, when you know you’re getting to the end, you read a couple of pages and stop, and then go back to it and read a couple of more pages. You know the end…