Abandoning her homeless existence to become a ministers wife, Lila reflects on her hardscrabble life on the run with a canny young drifter and her efforts to reconcile her painful past with her husbands gentle Christian worldview. Triggering a romance and debate by seeking shelter in a church and becoming a ministers wife, homeless Lila reflects on her hardscrabble life on the run with a canny young drifter and her efforts to reconcile her painful past with her husbands gentle Christian worldview. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead. Simultaneous. Book available.