If you could truly judge a book by it's cover, what would your's say? Everybody knows that nobody is perfect-and still we strive to hide our hurts, faults and pasts from each other. These are the back stories of real, imperfect people who made peace with their pasts and embraced new chapters in their lives. She's dead, and it's all my fault! Sarah lashed herself with guilt as she revved the engine and veered full throttle toward the Oak. She just wanted one night to forget-forget that she and her husband lived separate lives in the same townhouse. Forget that she'd let her mother down. And now two people were dead. Read how Sarah finds peace after a journey scarred by a double homicide and burdened by guilt. In a typical workday, Derek delivered coke to a Fortune 500 executive in a downtown office, dropped off in gang territory and everywhere in between. When he made evening pick-ups at Leo's, they stayed up late snorting blow-all of it free. And Derek felt free-free from pretending to be a good church kid from a good Lancaster County home. In Chicago, he could do whatever he wanted-until it nearly left him dead. Read how Derek found his way home, and his real calling. I guess this is just what happens to orphan kids, Julie thought after being molested in yet another foster home. I guess I'm just a piece of trash to everyone. I just wish Mom would sober up and come back. After 9 foster homes in 10 years, multiple abusers and heaps of rejection, read how Julie overcomes the odds to find a place to call home and a father who would never leave her side. Be inspired by these true stories and others as you read how real people overcame real challenges of abuse, addiction, rape, murder and war. Find out how different lives with different problems found the same remedy for them all. Be encouraged that no matter what your back story is, it doesn't have to be your story any more.