The Seventeen Second Miracle

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wednesday Letters and The Cross Gardener, a story of small kindnesses and life-changing miracles. Seventeen seconds can change a life forever. This is what Rex Connor learned on a gorgeous summer afternoon in 1970 when he diverted his gaze for seventeen seconds and tragedy occurred. Forty years later the waves of that day still ripple through the lives of countless people, including his son, Cole. Cole Connor is a patient teacher, and now he has invited three struggling teenagers to visit him to learn about Rex Connor and the Seventeen Second Miracle. Together they will learn how Rex Connor could have allowed seventeen seconds to destroy him, but instead he chose to live every day believing the smallest acts of kindness could change the world. Cole's students come to understand miracles can happen but you must participate in them. A seventeen second miracle can change a life---if you let it.

Jason F. Wright is the New York Times bestselling author and political commentator whose editorials have appeared in newspapers nationwide. He has been seen on CNN, FoxNews, C-SPAN and local television affiliates around the country. Wright and his wife, Kodi, live with their four children in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.