Midday

From young bride to veteran mother, Hope's responsibilities expand so quickly she hardly has time to breathe. This is the best time of her life, or is it?

Marna is now a compromised country. Her leader is under the power of a foreign foe. Her people suffer under the boot of heavy-handed taskmasters. The third generation of Memoir of Life characters are seeing harder times than ever before. Hope is one of many women attempting to pave a way for her family through the sludge, sometimes by honorable methods, sometimes by the unthinkable.