Martha Harris, the matriarch of the spreading Harris clan, has lived 'a long an' fretful life,' as she puts it. Facing a sudden and unexpected end, she finds that she cannot say goodbye to Sally, her youngest daughter. But when 'th' prayer that got lost in th' shuffle' is answered at last, Martha finds peace.
Is a prayer ever really lost? Read the tenth - and last - book of the Harris family saga, and then draw your own conclusions.