If life didn't challenge us, how could we know how strong we are? How would we learn who we are capable of becoming. This book is a compilation of inspiring short stories in which real people share how they put together the pieces of their life puzzles and learned from their experiences rather than being hindered by them. These authors hope that by sharing their stories, you will realize no matter how many pieces your life is in or what they look like, you can fit them together into a pict...

Brazil. For Europeans in the 1700s, a frontier in which all dreams could come true. The dream of saving souls. The dream of scientific discoveries. The dream of wealth. Wealth from the sugar fields, only attainable with the enslavement of both African and native peoples. Wealth that can be created only from human misery.ACAJU begins with a baby left at the gates of a Catholic mission. The baby, named Jasy, is dark skinned but with blue, European eyes. Who was his mother? Who was his...