Small Surrenders

Determined to get accepted into Harvard Porter Miller decides to begin her freshman studies at the University of Virginia and then apply for a transfer. Thinking that she can switch programs once she arrives on campus she enrolls in nursing school merely as a formality. To Porter's surprise she learns that she must continue in the nursing school for her first semester.</P><p>While working at the medical center one evening Porter tends to Thomas Lancaster a cancer patient at the university hospital. Thomas's kindness and down-to-earth ways captivate her and the two become romantically involved. But in the course of her relationship with Thomas Porter makes a startling discovery about her family-one that could sever her relationship with Thomas forever.</P><p><I>Small Surrenders</I> focuses on the rippling effects of moral turpitude and how past mistakes can resurface to ruin two entire families. But it is also a story of faith forgiveness and survival as Porter works through the aftermath of her devastating discovery.</P>