Blessed Transgression — Lois Jean Thomas

Although she struggles with ups and downs in the life of her Mennonite family, pretty and talented Victoria Unruh considers herself to be fortunate. Little does she know there is a story, carried along in the memories of her parents and older siblings, an underground river of silent shame that becomes a raging torrent when it converges with the stream of her own life. But in the end, the thorny stem that cuts and wounds bears a beautiful flower.