River Rest

Description

Unable to depend on her father to heal the crumbling family, Judith Chadbourne is afraid to trust their mysterious neighbor, who lives with his own grief. In rural Maine in 1918, Judith gives up her teaching job after her mother’s death to help her father with her five siblings. But when her father sinks into deep depression and her brother Joel is drafted, the household chores and farm work may overwhelm her.

Neighbor Ben Thayer offers to buy their farm, shocking Judith and angering her father. Ben’s efforts to help make Judith suspicious, but when a new crisis strikes, Ben’s aid brings the beginnings of trust.