Via Edna Hong's evocative word-pictures, Bright Valley of Love draws the reader into the soul-convulsing story of severely deformed Gunther who finds love and purpose at Bethel charitable institutes in Germany. This true-life tale follows Gunther from his destitute beginnings in 1914, the year WWI began, through the threats and terror of Nazi Germany and WWII. The universal truths of the value of the weakest and the obligation of the strong to defend them are especially relevant today, challenging the ideologies of our times.