Bright Shadow Author:Joyce Carol Thomas Abyssinia Jackson's father, Strong, was having a hard time facing the fact that his little girl wasn't so little anymore. As if going to college to become a doctor wasn't enough, now Abby had taken to sitting on the front porch in the evening, waiting for Carl Lee Jefferson -- all six foot six of him -- to come sauntering down the road. "Wolves ... more »sneaking up on lambs" was the way Strong saw it. For Abby it was nothing short of a miracle.
Then gruesome tragedy struck, shattering the peaceful Oklahoma countryside and Abby's own love-bright world. And when Carl Lee disappeared, consumed by a terror all his own, she found it hard to hope anymore.
What she hadn't counted on was a love more powerful than the darkest evil.« less