Redbud Corner

Ah Ni (aka Annie) has left China for the first time to study at an American university in the quaint little town of Redbud Corner. An only child of a widowed mother, this opportunity to study in America is her one chance at being successful in life-and she has placed all her eggs in that basket.Some local people take her under their wings and begin to introduce her to life in the small town. One man she meets early on dubs her "Annie" and the name sticks. She also meets a cantankerous elderly neighbor that she bonds with and a lonely little girl who captures her heart. Their lives begin to weave together in a way that changes all of them. Most annoying, however, is a young man who takes an interest in her. This would be okay except he's a Christian, something that definitely doesn't fit into her ideas for success in the future. Will Ah Ni let this man and his strange religion into her life, or will she choose the successful man back home in China?