As Waters Gone By

By Cynthia Ruchti

Description:

Emmalyn and Max Ross may have to endure the fight of their lives to mend the tattered fabric of their marriage. His actions ensured she could never be a mother, and put him in prison, giving their relationship a court-mandated five-year time-out. On a self-imposed exile to beautiful but remote Madeline Island, one of the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, Emmalyn has just a few months left to figure out if and how they can ever be a couple again.

Nudged along by the exuberant owner of the Wild Iris Inn and Cafe, a circle of misfit people in their small village, and a young girl who desperately needs someone to love her, Emmalyn restores an island cottage that could become a home and begins to restore her heart by learning what it means to love unconditionally. Yet even as hope begins to find a place within the cottage walls, Emmalyn still wonders if she's ready for Max's release. She may be able to rebuild a cottage, but can she rebuild a marriage?

Book Takeaway:

God built resiliency into the human spirit. And He can make families out of broken pieces.

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Why the author wrote this book:

I wrote "As Waters Gone By" because I've seen marriages not only live through but thrive in the midst of unimaginable circumstances. I've also heard the thunder of the broken-hearts. So many--those with spouses deployed or whose jobs take them away from home for long stretches--feel the same emotions Emmalyn felt and face many of her issues when they're trying to sustain a marriage when half of the couple is never or rarely home.