At nineteen , Christy Huddleston left home to teach at a school in the Smokies - coming to know and care for the wild mountain people, with their fierce pride, terrible poverty, dark superstitions . . . and their yearning for beauty and truth. But in these primitive surroundings Christy's faith would be severely tested by the unique strengths and needs of two remarkable young men - and challenged by a heart torn between desire . . . and love.