Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria&;s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family&;s restaurant. In West End, where life rises and falls like the tides, Angie&;s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman.
Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond, and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together, these two women&;one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother&;s love&;will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined.
