Hoping to locate her late husband's body by discovering the crash site of his private plane, and to disprove rumors of drug trafficking, grieving Keril Vandell moves from her lonely suburban New York home to a mountainous West Virginia region. Through her rambunctious collie's wanderings, Keril meets motherless seven-year-old Corby Marshall. These two wounded souls, along with Corby's widowed father, Marsh, endure a long, dark night of weeping to discover that, if faith overcomes doubt, joy does come in the morning. Prayers are answered and one small child trades a lifetime of sorrow for an immediate future bright with hope. Written by Nancy I. Merical. 164 pages.