Written for readers who have finished Book 1.
Pastor Dave Brooke has shepherded the Henty Street congregation for eleven years — a warm, comfortable, outreach-minded minister loved for keeping his people at ease. Bible-based but gentle, he has always preached the kind, reassuring word. He stands for the ordinary, well-meaning church Hannah grew up trusting; what a church like his does when the comfortable world is shaken is one of the story's quiet questions.
Cam is Mel's husband — an electrician in his late thirties, big, steady, and gentle, the practical backbone…
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…