ISBN: 9781578564019    Publisher: Water Brook Year of publishing: 2003     Format:  Hard Cover Language: English

From Award-Winning Storyteller Diane Noble. At a secondhand store in 1935 California widow Faith Green discovers a wooden doll its carved face rubbed smooth as if from a child's caresses. From Faith's first glance the doll captures her heart. She is not alone in her feelings. The doll Phoebe has been cherished by others young and old through seven decades: a sorrowful widow afraid to love again a troubled child unable to learn a bitter bride in need of forgiveness a runaway boy seeking the glory of war-only to discover its inglorious tragedy. As each story unfolds and Phoebe moves through different owners' hands the mystery of her origin begins to unravel revealing God's ever-present grace.
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Diane Noble is the award-winning author of twenty-one titles including novels novellas devotionals and nonfiction books for women totaling nearly a half-million copies in print. Diane is best known for her popular historical novels including Heart of Glass The Veil and The California Chronicles . Her works ranging from historical fiction to romantic suspense have won numerous honors and received critical acclaim. Diane and her husband Tom make their home in the mountains of Southern California.
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