For nineteen-year-old Phila Hurst, life is a bittersweet tangle of delight and uncertainty—enchanting happiness threaded with an uncurrent of regret that life’s keenest pleasures are so fleeting. The cycle of the seasons is swift and unalterable—are the seasons of life just as transient? When Phila is asked to move in with her aging grandmother, her first real taste of life’s changing seasons brings her swirling questions to a climax.
What makes some people stay young at heart while others grow old before their time? Can anything be done to keep life’s summertime from aging us too soon? And what really is Grandmother’s secret of eternal spring?
Chelsea Burden is a homeschool graduate, a first-generation Anabaptist, and a passionate word-lover who enjoys dabbling in etymology (not entomology!) and routinely adds bona fide words to spellcheck! She loves books, people, and Jesus—and a lot of other things too, including chickadees, hymns, snowflakes, and having a good time with friends. She lives in Canada and spends her days writing and doing whatever else comes to hand in her three-generational home. She appreciates hearing from readers, whether through reviews, on the Sheep Among Wolves blog (www.sawpublishing.com) or by email (chelsea@sawpublishing.com).