The girl between worlds Ty said taking my hand againFrom the day Angela Burkholders brother drowned in the farm pond when she was six nothing was ever the same She never quite found her place in the Old Order Mennonite community where she grew up When her husband who was only Plain on the outside left the church and their hometown she had no choice but to followNow Angie is returning to Lancaster County divorced and educated both forbidden by her upbringing At the same time she learns her father is dead her family disowns her to keep their secrets and minimize the shame shed always been to themAlone and jobless all she has is a rented apartment in a neighborhood known as Zooks Corner Other tenants are Ty and his disabled son Scotty The Best boys have their own sad story Angies nature as a helper Tys as a peoplefixer and Scottys as a joker bond the three together in a warm healing friendship Angie wishes would become something moreBut who is she to ask for happiness in a world she doesnt understand