Allison Zachry

Looking back across his three-decades-plus career, Andy Deck does better than share the treasury of wisdom he’s gained—he tells stories. Engaging, richly human stories from his life—from college days and meeting his bride, to the tension zone of the Middle East, to New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina, to an innovative startup in Texas, and more—to show how God can partner with a very ordinary working person in extraordinary ways.

Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Elsa must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.