Among the young men and women gathered for Sydney Hollis' wedding, McRae Silverthorn and her brother Lincoln were quietly outstanding.

When Lincoln took the burden of Minnie Lazarelle's unwelcome presence on himself, his grave words first stirred in Minnie a longing for a better life. It was McRae, whose sweetness and grace touched the hearts of her worldly friends, who later changed the course of several lives.

Ranging from the gaiety of wedding parties to the dreariness of Minnie's loveless home, from the security of easy suburban life to the dismal byways of the town where the mission did its work of redemption, this heart-stirring novel draws inspiring pictures of men and women facing life's problems with faith and courage.

Review taken from a Grosset and Dunlap edition.