It was a magical moment.

In the dim stillness of the Camerons’ dusty attic, four young girls write out their dreams, place the slips of paper in a cobalt blue bottle, join hands, and reach out toward the unknown. “We commit our dreams to the future,” Letitia says quietly. “To the future,” the others echo.

Will the fulfillment of their dreams bring them happiness? Or will they awake from their dreams to find destinies yet unimagined?

Sixty-five years later, Brendan Delaney, a local television news reporter, unexpectedly discovers those slips of paper in that dusty, forgotten bottle. She embarks on a passionate quest to interview the now-elderly women and finds that their youthful dreams have been diverted, disrupted, and even devastated. Like leaves in the wind, the friends’ dreams turned and tossed one way and another. Some vanished forever.

But there is a common thread in each of the women’s lives, and Brendan thinks she’s found it. In following that thread, her own life, dreams, and faith become forever intertwined with theirs.

“Keep your eyes–and your heart–open.”

PURCHASE

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