Hope
(Book)

"Isaac Shaw is dead. For sixteen years, his family has struggled on in shame, believing he died a criminal-responsible, in 1837, for burning down the village mill and causing the death of several villagers, including the mill owner's wife. Since then, the family has survived due to the remarkable charity of Edward Reeve, the bereaved mill owner, who now employs Isaac Shaw's sons. When Isaac's youngest son Manny decides to run away, the decision takes him straight into the path of a traveling Mormon elder, and the meeting threatens the family's well-being. Charged with care of a letter that challenges the village's history, Manny must find a way to reveal the true identity of Hope, the young woman he loves. It is a quest destined to change him and his family forever." -- back of cover