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Sarah Cain is a strictly modern woman living in Oregon and developing a burgeoning career in real estate. Her sister Ivy left to pursue a plain life in Amish country twelve years ago. When Ivy dies, Sarah is shocked to learn that she has been appointed guardian of her sister's five children.

After a series of bizarre events, ironworker Mick Brannigan finds himself knee-deep in laundry--and considering a retreat to his hopelessly littered kitchen. He soon learns important lessons from unlikely sources.

California's sunny coast is where carefree Brianna Stone's idyllic life is complicated by her bizarre new boss, her meddling mother-in-law, and her too-busy-to-believe husband. Reinventing herself with a dazzling wardrobe and flattering hairstyle, Bri tries to recapture her husband's attention before it's too late.

Bushwhacked and left to die in flames, rancher Larson Jennings is lovingly nurtured by a godly mountain couple. As his body slowly heals, he becomes spiritually transformed. But with his handsome features now scarred beyond recognition, Larson wonders if anyone can look beyond his grotesque burns to the better man he has become. Long presumed dead, he painfully limps home--to find his wife arm-and-arm with another man. As tears trickle down his disfigured face, Larson asks God to help him do what's best for his beloved Kathryn.

Ruth finds her dream to marry Martin Gingerich and raise a family about to be realized when her life is shattered and her faith is put to the test.

Cage, Nick, and Harper Rutledge are the sons of an Episcopalian minister and his faithfl housewife. Cage is the golden boy, Nick is slow to blossom but full of potential, and the youngest, Harper, struggles to live up to his brothers. But Nick's sudden death provokes a derailed Cage to spiral into the depths of manic depression. For over two decades, Harper follows in Cage's wake, mending the damages from his brother's manic sprees, and consoling Cage's shattered spirits in the depressive aftermath.

Jimmy's daddy isn't much of a father. He'd much rather lie under the chassis of a '55 Chevy than bother with a son. Jimmy knows it, so he figures he'll leave his daddy alone as much as he can. When next-door neighbor Cortez starts trucking in catfish for his new pond, Jimmy thinks he's found a friend. But Cortez has enough problems of his own--a spitfire daughter who's son has Tourette's, a farm hand who might be a murderer, and a deep, dark secret of his own locked away in the barn.

Revolutionizing traditional mortuary practices, Richard Connable develops a method of preserving the human dignity of the deceased. His wife Lucy struggles to keep their marriage whole as she stands by his side and supports him while he builds a reputation and becomes the premier undertaker for the rich and powerful. But when Richard is called from retirement to discretely disguise the suicide of an important American financier, Lucy sets out on a secret mission too.

Claudia, single mom of two, pines for her past independent life. Her ex, after all, has moved on to a new wardrobe, new hobbies and—worst of all—new adult friends. But in Claudia's house she's still finding bananas in the sock drawer, cigarettes taped to wrestling figures, and colourful doodles on her MasterCard bills. Then Claudia receives the unexpected news that her mother has died.