How the Light Gets In

2020 Audie Award Winner!"Compellingly woven by Jolina Petersheims capable pen,How the Light Gets In follows a trail of grief toward healing, leading to an impossible choice?what is best when every path will hurt someone?" ?Lisa Wingate,New York Times bestselling author ofBefore We Were YoursFrom the highly acclaimed author ofThe Outcast andThe Alliance comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on.When Ruth Neufelds husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite community will be a quiet place to grieve and piece together next steps.Ruth and her family are welcomed by Elam, her husbands cousin, who invites them to stay at his cranberry farm through the harvest. Sifting through fields of berries and memories of a marriage that was broken long before her husband died, Ruth finds solace in the beauty of the land and healing through hard work and budding friendship. She also encounters the possibility of new love with Elam, whose gentle encouragement awakens hopes and dreams she thought shed lost forever.But an unexpected twist threatens to unseat the happy ending Ruth is about to write for herself. On the precipice of a fresh start and a new marriage, Ruth must make an impossible decision: which path to choose if her husband isnt dead after all. Review "A mothers love and a mothers duty war with a womans need to feel loved and whole, in a story that will have you pondering long after you close the final page. Which path would I take?" - Lisa Wingate, New York Times Bestselling Author of Before We Were Yours"Petersheims gentle retelling of the story of Ruth will both stir and settle the hearts of her readers." - Lauren K. Denton, USA Today bestselling author of The Hideaway and Hurricane Season"I love how Jolina Petersheim translates timeless truths into cant-put-down fiction. This storys heart-wrenching conflict had me glued to the page." - Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author of The Masterpiece and Redeeming Love "How the Light Gets In is infused with hope and threaded with love, a story that asks the big questions: what makes us whole, and how do we find our worth? A novel both penetrating and surprising--dont miss it!" - Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop at Waters End "Petersheim (The Alliance) constructs a rich story about grief, the dying of love, and the rekindling of faith. . . . With skillful plotting and vibrant characters, Petersheim reveals the pain of loss and the healing that comes from mercy and forgiveness." - Publishers Weekly"Insightful. . . . Poignant. . . .How the Light Gets In will work its way into readers minds and stay there long after the last page. Petersheim . . . once again proves herself to be a standout voice in Christian fiction." - Kristy Woodson Harvey, Bestselling author of Slightly South of Simple Review Ruth Neufeld is a heroine I?ll never forget.Bren Mcclain, Award-winning author of One Good Mama BoneInfused with hope . . . [this] story asks the big questions: what makes us whole, and how do we find our worth? A novel both penetrating and surprising?don?t miss it!Patti Callahan Henry, NYT bestselling author of The Bookshop at Waters EndPetersheim?s gentle retelling of the story of Ruth will both stir and settle the hearts of her readers.Lauren K. Denton, Bestselling author of The HideawayInsightful. . . . Poignant. . . .How the Light Gets In will work its way into readers? minds and stay there long after the last page. Petersheim . . . once again proves herself to be a standout voice in Christian fiction.Kristy Woodson Harvey, Bestselling author of Slightly South of Simple