Love and friendship, greed and lust, hope and life, death and fear.Everything and everyone is what they seem . . .Dramatis personæ(In order of appearance)-Mindy Sterne, a senior in college, majoring in Mass Communications.-Elisabeth Telford, a college freshman who runs.-Dr. Bennett Uchida, a young widowed surgeon in love with Mindy.-Miriam Sterne, Dr. Sterne's wife and Mindy's mother--her grandparents were Holocaust survivors.-Dr. Eberhardt Sterne, a family practice physician and Mindy's father--he founded The Chinook Assembly, a retreat center in Western Oregon.-Anselm Sterne, Mindy's younger brother.-Bernardo Armentrout, a high school student who was orphaned.-Talus Schenk, a Theater Arts major in college who works for Dr. Ponder.-Mr. Stanley Timmons, a first year high school English teacher.-Dr. Telford, Elisabeth's father--a PhD in International Relations.-Sarah Timmons, Stan's younger sister.-Thomas Duckwitz, a talented actor--a freshman Theater student in college.-Franklin, a man with ties to the crime underworld.-Dr. Mark Ponder, an OB-GYN.-Theodore, a counselor at a special summer camp.-Gene, a 21 year old man paralyzed by polio....their lives overflowing with grace rejected and embraced.