Böcker av Beverley Hopwood

ROCK BOTTOM BLUES Principal Ray Thomas hits rock bottom after a series of disappointing events including the engagement of his VP, Rose Simpson. Shaken by his mother's revelation that his father struck a cyclist 28 years prior, he walks along the river to the falls in Stonehill. While contemplating life, three former students confront him.As Ray is dealing with the repercussions of these events, he meets a vision of beauty in the bank. Linda is a teller who is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair. She agrees to coffee with first Ray, then a double date with her boss and Aaron, a bank client. Can Ray change enough to develop meaningful relationships with his staff, students, and family? How will he find ways to do this with accusations from former students, interference from drug dealers, and his mother's dementia. Can Linda become more than a friend after her ordeal of sexual assault?

Mable looked at her closely. "Where were you born, if not Canada? Your English is perfect."Heat rose in Mary's cheeks. "I was born in Chengtu, Szechwan, China."And so began the sharing of Mary Sibley's life story and her exploration of a foundational question. Was it worth the cost of all the dedication, and even the very lives, of the missionaries, doctors, and nurses who strove to bring the Word to inland China? And after Mary's parents returned to the mission field from furlough in Canada without her, how did she cope as fourteen-year-old left alone in a faraway country? China had at one time been an all-new adventure for her Canadian-born parents, but to Mary, China was all she had ever known. Canada was the strange country.