Past and Present Collide on the Railway When life seems weighed down by challenges, there are always pillars of enduring hope and love to be discovered. Lily Mae Dodge flees Wyoming by night to find her mother, who sent her west on an orphan train ten years ago. After she's arrested in Chicago, help comes from a man with a rare vision impairment whom she only just met on a train. Francis Basnett is a roustabout for the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, where he helps Lily gain employment. Their friendship grows into more, and it seems Lily is closer than ever to finding her mother. . .until the night a rogue troop train slams into the stalled circus train, killing dozens and splintering hope. More from the Enduring Hope The Angel of Second Street by Barbara Tifft Blakey The Undercover Heiress of Brockton by Kelly J. Goshorn The Caregiver at Wounded Knee by Debby Lee