Nicole Baart

Escaping a life marked by loss, young Julia DeSmit leaves for college--the perfect place to reinvent herself--but one wrong decision changes her forever, and she returns to her grandmother's farm, weary and defeated. Original. 10,000 first printing.

After the Leaves Fall

Kristina Sanders

Alex King

Julia DeSmit can't wait for her life to begin. After her mother leaves when Julia is nine years old, she's raised by an unassuming, gentle father and a saintly, matriarchal grandmother until her father dies just as Julia is becoming a young adult. On the cusp of womanhood, Julia feels jaded by her circumstances and longs for a new identity. College seems like the perfect place to start over. But when Julia makes a mistake that will change her life forever, she returns to her grandmother's farm, defeated and convinced of her own worthlessness. Only through the gentle prodding of her loving grandmother does Julia begin to accept the imprint her childhood has left on her life and look for hope in a loving God who longs to make all things new.

After the Leaves Fall

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