Read more
Grief pretends it's our best friend. But our true best friends hold our hands and light the way.
Juliana and Rachel have been best friends for years. Which is why their long-distance friendship has been so hard. When tragedy strikes Rachel's family, Juliana begs to be by her friend's side, but her family forbids the 3,300 km journey. Scared this tragedy could threaten her friendship with Rachel forever, Juliana searches for help in her great-grandmother's sketchbook...
The war has left Elisabeth's cousin Georg with horrible nightmares, everyone fears and ridicules him, and the pastor declares Georg's suffering a punishment from God. But Elisabeth wonders: Does God not call on His followers to help those who are suffering? When she tries to, though, customers threaten to stop taking their shoes to Mammi, and Mammi reveals why she, too, believes Georg deserves these nightmares. Does Elisabeth obey her mother and stay away from her cousin? Or does she try to help a former solider whose mind is surrendering to memories of the horrific war?
As Juliana struggles to support a mourning Rachel from afar, and Elisabeth toils with conflicting feelings about Georg's anguish, both girls face difficult decisions about how they can best help people they love grieve.
What Friends Do is the fourth book in Lori Wolf-Heffner's contemporary/historical series, Between Worlds. For those who love history, the arts, and family ties, pick up a copy of What Friends Do and enjoy a story that spans generations.
Format updated December 2023. This book is a large print edition. The body font is 19pt, flush left, line spacing about 1.3. Italics have not been converted to underline. Interior is black print on white paper.
About the author
Lori Wolf-Heffner is a former competitive dancer, dance teacher, and theatre manager. She was a member of the first Canadian National Tap Team, back in 1996, under the leadership of Bonnie Dyer, with choreographer Mathew Clark. She's written for Dance Canada Quarterly, just dance! magazine, and The Dance Current (all under Lori Straus).¿Fluent in German, Lori lived in Germany for three years, never once realizing just how close she was to some of the villages her ancestors left to migrate to Eastern Europe in the 1700s.¿Lori lives in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, with her husband and two sons. She is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada and the Alliance of Independent Authors.¿
