Delilah of Sunhats and Swans

Leaving behind a dark, uncertain past, a mystifying eighteen-year-old girl steps off a bus in a small, New England and becomes a catalyst in the lives of others. Virginia Emmet, an older woman who gives Delilah room and board, Harold Reinman, a young man left with the mind of a child after years of abuse, but most strongly, Amos Harrison -- the first to accept her into their lives, finds that something about her quiet, uncanny wisdom and simple honesty pushes him to face truths he'd rather avoid. But while together, they find friendship moving more toward family, as Amos unravels a long-standing sadness, Harold is coaxed out of his damaged solitude and Virginia works her way toward peace, Delilah's own past is catching up with her...