A deadly epidemic and racial segregation at the turn of the last century causes a young woman to flee for a new life with meaning and hope, despite a sense that things will never be the same. Arriving in New York City, she encounters the latest industrial wonders and the shadows of the industrial masses left behind. A burgeoning new art world-including the impressionist work of painter Mary Cassett, a beloved relative and a kind stranger with a camera-figures in her new life.

After a fatal epidemic, a young Colette Stonethrower ­flees her village to a life as an orphanage guardian, until another tragedy changes everything. As she leaves again on faith, migrating far from the place of her birth, she meets a talented, idealistic stranger and makes a friend from a foreign land who becomes her trusted confidant. While her new life reveals her purpose—fighting for the working poor and the destitute, exposing corruption and advocating for the arts—Colette...

The quiet letting go of Autumn, the reflective stillness of Winter, the bright rebirth of Spring, and the flourishing warmth of Summer trace the natural path of grief as it grows and changes to fit the spaces left behind by those we love. Easy-to-use exercise guides and activities invite readers to explore the changeable nature of grief through the ebb and flow of the seasons.As well as contributions from diverse creative practitioners, poems from Dr. Robert Neimeyer and reflection...