Reflection Author:Diane Chamberlain Twenty years ago, a terrible tragedy shattered the tranquillity of the small Pennsylvania Dutch town of Reflection. The residents of the village have never forgiven the one woman they blamed for what happened -- Rachel Huber. She left town immediately after the incident and never again saw or spoke with anyone who lived there. Until now. — When R... more »achel receives the news that her estranged grandmother is ill and needs her care, she returns to Reflection and to the legacy of guilt and recrimination that awaits her there. Rachel is stunned to find herself the object of open hostility, discovering that there are always those who can never forgive or forget. And although the Rachel who has come home is a stronger woman than the one she was before, she will need every friend she can find to protect herself from the gossip and anger she still excites.
Lily Jackson, a young woman who was personally touched by the tragedy -- and one of the few who knows the truth about what happened -- perplexes everyone by treating Rachel with kindness and compassion. And Michael Stoltz, the minister of the Mennonite church, is elated at Rachel's return. He and Rachel were close friends as children and later served together in the Peace Corps. Although they, too, had lost touch, now that they have found each other again, their deep and lifelong passion must be hidden from the town. But it is Rachel's grandmother, Helen, who becomes her strongest advocate, surprising the younger woman with her wise counsel and rare strength -- and with a wealth of secrets she has long been concealing. Great changes are taking place in the town of Reflection, and it will take one extraordinary woman to remind an unforgiving place what mercy can mean.« less