After the death of his mother, Michael Keddington finds employment at the Arcadia nursing home where he befriends Esther, a reclusive but beautiful elderly woman who lives in mourning for her youth and lost love. <P> Michael faces his own challenges when he loses his greatest love, Faye. When Michael is falsely accused of abusing one of the Arcadia's residents, he learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness from Ester -- and her gift to him of a locket, once symbolic of one person's missed opportuninites, becomes another's second chance. <P> Richard Paul Evans, author of the beloved #1 bestselling classic <I>The Christmas Box,</I> begins a wonderful new series with this stunning <I>New York Times</I> bestseller -- a bittersweet reminder of life's most precious gifts....