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Jerusha Abbott, an orphan, does not know the identity of the mysterious "Daddy-Long-Legs" who is paying her way through college. But although she is told to expect no reply to the many letters she sends him, some things are just irresistible.

Tells the stories of three ordinary twentieth-century Germans; Helmut, a young photographer in Berlin in the '30s who uses his craft to express his patriotic fervour; Lore, a twelve year old girl who in 1945 guides her young siblings across Germany; and Micha, a teacher obsessed with his grandfather's role in the war.

Roger Donnelly's best friend Jesse Montoya swears that Jesus and the Virgin Mary have started talking to him. Roger has stood by Jesse since the first grade, but as time passes and Jesse insists his mysticism is real, Roger reluctantly gets dragged into Jesse's weird world of Catholic dreams and maybe-miracles.

Mwambu will climb the mountain where he hopes to touch heaven, but his journey from naive curiosity to adulthood will reveal unexpected contradictions as traditional values collide with Western values.