All her life Libby Marsden has wanted to be a writer. But when her novel is finally completed--and rejected by publisher after publisher--Libby must reexamine her life and ask why God has given her the desire to write and not blessed her efforts. Vicky Johnson has big dreams for her daughter, Angie, as she graduates from high school. But Angie has dreams of her own--andthey do not match those of her mother. Libby: It had taken me one year to write my book. One year when I didn't know if anyone but me would ever read those words ... I'd been convinced this was the work God wanted me to do--to share my story of friendship with others in the book I called After Anne. Could I have been so wrong? Vicky: Had I given any thought at all to what I was giving up by tying myself down? To a business. To a husband. To a life that had been routine. If I'd wanted security, I'd gotten it. In spades. My life had been good, but I wanted more for Angie. So much more. Angie: I knew, if I had the words to explain, she'd understand. But there was the problem. I didn't have the words ... It was much easier to let everyone think I was being pokey about sending in my application, debating about which college to choose, rather than try to explain why I didn't want to go to college at all.