Building Bridges — Carolyne Aarsen

The end of August finds the Howard sisters busy trying new things. Louise's gifted hands check tire gauges, dipsticks and battery cables in addition to coaxing beautiful music from the piano and organ. Alice -- more accustomed to bandages, thermometers and pills -- employs hammers, saws and nails in trying to keep up with Aunt Ethel on a new project. And Jane has been commissioned to cater a very special dinner, but the finicky hostess makes planning a menu a challenge. They each expand their skills, but learning to minister to a special group of guests may be the trickiest task of all.

Once you visit the charming village of Acorn Hill, tucked away in rural Pennsylvania, you'll never want to leave. Townsfolk relax on their porch swings or gather to discuss the day's events at the Coffee Shop over homemade pie. It's the kind of town where friendship and faith flow together like a wide river on a fine spring day.

And you'll love spending time with the Howard sisters, who have begun a new life together in their childhood home, a gracious Victorian house that is now a bed-and-breakfast called Grace Chapel Inn. Here they rekindle old memories, rediscover the bonds of sisterhood, revel in the blessings of friendship and meet many fascinating guests along the way.