Martha is a retired schoolteacher living on a farm that is fairly secluded. Her husband has died and she lost her only child at birth. She is childless. Sometimes she can go days without seeing anyone.
One night during a horrible storm she hears a knock at her door. When she opens the door this odd couple is standing on her porch. For reasons she does not even know she lets them into her house. When she offers them dry towels and clothes she is astounded to see the young girl has just given birth and is holding the baby.
She realizes the couple are mentally challenged adults. The girl seems to understand but can not talk. The man is a little easier to communicate with. The quiet of her night is shattered again when cars pull up and insist on searching her house. They find the woman but not the man who has fled. As they put the woman into the car she musters everything she can to communicate with the to watch over her baby girl.
And so Life is changed forever by this little baby. This is a great book.
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