The Circle of Life

At seventy-five Evelyn Justison questions God when her vivacious sister-in-law Nell is called up yonder before her. With no husband to tend a daughter who defines independence and no grandchildren to coddle why does she remain? But when Nells diaries force Evelyn to face her painful past shes reminded that her future is in the best of hands. Pastor Eric Masterson moved to Crow River to get on with his life. But guilt over the death of his wife and son trails him like a shadow. Then he meets Evelyns daughter and Susan not only rocks his world and heals his hurt. She revives his hope to love again. Susan Justison defies conventionality. With hands skilled in carpentry a head full of determination and a heart rich with friends the last thing she needs is a husband. Then Eric sets her orderly world reeling with a kiss and she faces the first insurmountable challenge of her life. For shes certainly not raw material for a ministers wife. Crow River Minnesota in 1993 has people like any other place...hurting and healing laughing and loving...in The Circle of Life.