Sara Drexel is an artist with a supportive husband, a hip young business, and a house that her neighbors openly admire. By all appearances, Sara has it all figured out. Not far beneath the surface, though, she's restless. Her faith has evaporated. Her salt has lost its savor. As a girl, Sara thought Aunt Bel seemed chosen. A vessle of light. A missionary. A saint. Fresh out of college, Bel left on a summer mission trip to Kazakhstan. She never came back. That was twenty years ago. Now, without warning, Aunt Bel is standing on Sara's doorstep, looking for a place to crash. Sara can't say no to family, but saying yes to Bel quickly turns her entire precariously-balanced life upside down. And Bel is hiding something. Though reticent to speak about it, she has been through a hellish ordeal in Eastern Europe. But as her secrets come to light one by one, Sara finds them hitting close to home. As Sara engages with the demons of her own distant past, her eccentric aunt soon has her rethinking everything. -- Back cover.