Child of Clay — Karen Johnson

Two very different women: Lily Montrose, a successful porcelain doll designer, and Brenda Craft, a nonentity born of shiftless, ne'er-do-well parents, both find their passions focused on one man, Lily's husband, Jack Montrose, a disabled, but dashing former race car driver. Episodes from their past have put these three on a collision course that will forever impact, for good or for ill, the life of Brenda's lovely daughter Laurel. Lily's porcelain likeness of Laurel starts a chain of events that will test her marriage, as well as her faith. Set in a small Southern town populated with a collection of colorful neighbors, Child of Clay is a story that affirms the reader's faith that all things work together for the good of those who love God.