A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only fifty-two Wednesdays to visit fifty-two works of art and commit to memory “all that is beautiful in the world” before Mona loses her sight forever.
A gentle giant raised between the Amish and secular worlds of rural Wisconsin transforms the lives of everyone around him in this moving novel about faith, family, buried secrets, and unexpected miracles.
