Written for readers who have finished Book 1.
Cam is Mel's husband — an electrician in his late thirties, big, steady, and gentle, the practical backbone of the church community. He reads the changing world with a tradesman's plain eye ("who's standing at the board when someone throws the switch?") and quietly sets about keeping the people around him safe. He stands, deliberately, for faithful and unshowy manhood.
Eleni Reid is Hannah's mother — a warm, formidable Greek-Australian matriarch and the engine of the Oakleigh…
Hannah Reid is the heart of The Endurance — a thirty-one-year-old community nurse working the growth corridor…
Jess is Hannah's closest friend and fellow community nurse — twelve years on the rounds together, fast…
Josh Calder is Hannah's fiancé — a tall, warm, easy-to-like New Zealander who works on the national…
Margaret is an elderly widow of the Henty Street congregation — small, soft-spoken, and easy to overlook…
Mel is the warm centre of Hannah's church family — about thirty-five, married to Cam, mother of two small…