Far from the Gates of Gold

FAR FROM THE GATES OF GOLD is a novel of providence and grace, brokenness and redemption, the secrets that shape our identities, and our driving need for love. Set in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Montana and interwar British Hong Kong, it is the story of Margaret Gerhardt and all the souls who've loved her.

Ruth-a Blackfoot servant resurrected from ashes, full of sorrow and faith. Judith Frisk-a wealthy teenager pregnant out of wedlock, cloistered within the Eleanor Barrett Home for Unwed Mothers. Marie-Margaret's adoptive mother whose fierce love is as destructive as it is protective. Charles Keane-the soft-spoken optometrist who is unsure whether or not Margaret's past makes her unworthy to be his bride. Willem Copley-the enigmatic oilman she meets on vacation who will either save or destroy her.

From the banks of the Missouri River to the State University of Montana to the clamoring streets of 1930s British Hong Kong, Margaret grows up ignorant of her past and haunted by her mother's abandonment, struggling to find her identity and place in the world. Searching for true love everywhere except where it can be found, Margaret will come to learn that our greatest tragedies need not define us, and there is always, always hope.

The Lord came to save that which is lost; it is never too late to be found.