A heartbreaking funny and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the
international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised
in the little town of Faha but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying
mean he has always been set apart from his community. A visit from the doctor is always a sign
of bad things to come. His youngest daughter Ronnie has grown up in her father's shadow
and remains there having missed her chance at real love - and passed up an offer of marriage
from an unsuitable man. But in the advent season of 1962 as the town readies itself for
Christmas Ronnie and Doctor Troy's lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their
care. As the winter passes father and daughter's lives the understanding of their family and
their role in their community are changed forever.
