Suncatchers

A harm undone, a wound healed. People have always fascinated sociologist Perry Warren, yet his most personal relationships -- with his wife and young son -- are in shambles. If his marriage crumbles, will his son be raised fatherless, just as he was? Hoping distance will offer answers, Perry accepts a writing project in the town of Derby, South Carolina, and there discovers a wealth of research -- and a reason to hope -- in the strange yet fascinating neighbors next door. Eldeen Rafferty seems completely unfettered by the sorrows she has known. Instead, she embraces life in all its gritty,…