{"product_id":"9781453520185","title":"Paper Heart","description":"In the first book, Julie befriends a homeless family but finds they are not a family.  \u003cbr\u003eMatthew is seven but there is no one for him. He wants Julie to adopt him but she is  \u003cbr\u003etoo young.. Jedidiah can and after he marries Julie, Matthew is adopted.  \u003cbr\u003eJedidiah discovers he has a disease that will cripple him and wants to send Julie  \u003cbr\u003eaway so she will not get this disease but she refuses to go. Later they have three sons,  \u003cbr\u003ebut the third son has this same disease. He will never walk and is in a wheelchair.  \u003cbr\u003eJedidiah is captured by rebels rescued by the Wild Tribe and nearly dies before  \u003cbr\u003ehe is taken to the mission hospital. Julie and Matthew go to Guatemala to bring him  \u003cbr\u003ehome, but find that he is given a girl from the wild tribe who cannot return home until  \u003cbr\u003eshe is pregnant. Jedidiah refuses her.   \u003cbr\u003eThe book ends with Jedidiah and Julie returning home with the Wild Tribe girl, but  \u003cbr\u003ethere is drama at home.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThen in the second novel about the missionary Barrington on and off the mission field  \u003cbr\u003ein the rain forest of Guatemala. Senor Barry tells Julie Ann his true name is Jedidiah  \u003cbr\u003eand is such in the rest of the story.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eRead the book to find out the ending.  \u003cbr\u003eThe author's parents were missionaries to Tibet before it became part of China. It  \u003cbr\u003ewas a family of six that went to Tibet but their four cousins plus their parents were already  \u003cbr\u003eestablished there. The eight cousins had many and varied exciding adventures.  \u003cbr\u003eBack in the States to finish school, this author met and married and together went  \u003cbr\u003eto the mission field in Africa., There they served their Lord for 47 years, mostly with  \u003cbr\u003eBible lessons and Biblical printed matter. They retired at the end of 2000.  \u003cbr\u003eAfter retirement, this author had time to write. There are now three books in print  \u003cbr\u003ewith more to come.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107240427760,"sku":"9781453520185","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453520185_p0.jpg?v=1763850541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453520185","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}