Liana feels trapped in her marriage. Her husband, Peter, is distant and lacking in affection. She struggles with the desire to make her marriage work and thoughts of leaving it.

Then she receives a string of anonymous letters, which have her dreaming, guessing, and hoping. Encouraged by the letter's contents, Liana finally decides to leave her marriage. Before she can confront Peter, she learns that he is terminally ill.

Will she stay and care for him during his time of need, or will she follow her heart-and the anonymous letters-out of her marriage?

In Hope in...

Maria Avila presents a personal account of how, from her experience as a teenager working in a factory in Ciudad Juarez, she got involved in community organizing and how she has since applied its distinctive practices to civic engagement in higher education. Her premise is that community organizing can help create a culture that values and rewards civically engaged scholarship and thus advance higher education's public, democratic mission.

Adapting what she learned during her years as an organizer with the Industrial Areas Foundation, she describes a practice that aims for full...

Maria Avila presents a personal account of how, from her experience as a teenager working in a factory in Ciudad Juarez, she got involved in community organizing and how she has since applied its distinctive practices to civic engagement in higher education. Her premise is that community organizing can help create a culture that values and rewards civically engaged scholarship and thus advance higher education's public, democratic mission.

Adapting what she learned during her years as an organizer with the Industrial Areas Foundation, she describes a practice that aims for full...