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The Boy Who Called Me Beatrice

1994—
Beatrice Barlowe only wants two things: her momma to come back and for the town of Arrow Rock, Missouri, to call her by her real name. After being abandoned on her grandparents’ doorstep at seven years old with little more than a note that says her name is Eunice, Beatrice is left to wonder why her own mother didn’t want her. It isn’t until she is fifteen that she starts to wonder if good things will come her way. When a family’s car breaks down in the heart of town, Beatrice quickly makes a new friend who teaches her the importance of finding God, even in the midst of brokenness and loss.

2005—
Bo Finnegan’s life fell apart when he found another man in his fiancée’s apartment. With no idea where to go next, he leaves behind his home in New York and hits the road, only to find himself back in Arrow Rock, the town his family stopped in over eleven years ago when their car broke down. There, he finds the girl he remembers from all those years ago, and she teaches him that true hope--a hope that exceeds circumstances--is only found in the grace and sovereignty of God.

Weaved together through eleven years and the pull of small-town charm, Beatrice and Bo must lean into the Lord to find their true identity, even when the world seems to strip them of all they thought they knew.