Years have gone by since the death of Noah his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband Jackson try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized.<br><br>Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect. And Tony’s mother, in prison, is unwilling to relinquish her parental rights. No sooner do they get the go ahead to foster Tony when another child they had considered becomes available -- the daughter Jackson always wanted.<br><br>With two children on their hands, life is complicated -- wonderfully so. But just as things begin to settle down, Tony, his immune system compromised, falls ill with pneumonia ... and Wiley and Jackson find their little family faced with crisis once again.

Go Tell It on the Mountains

You love your daddy and your papa? Jackson asked.


He nodded very seriously.101: Nothing with a Face, Please


“Well,” Mrs. Ledbetter said grandly, “as y’allsay down there in that cesspool of history you come from, tuck in! And I have to say, Mrs. Cantrell, it really does smell quite wonderful. I’ve never been a fan of fried chicken, but you just might make me a believer.”


“I hope you enjoy it,” Mama said, beaming with pleasure at this hard-won, if not halfhearted compliment. “There’s nothing like fried chicken to soothe the soul, or so I’ve always said.”


Amelia stared at the heaping tray of chicken that Lydia had placed on the table and frowned


“Amelia, honey, you promised,” Mama said.


“I don’t eat anything with a face, Memaw.”


“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, child! You would if you knew how good it was! Now you told me you were going to try, sweetie.”


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