"Medical technician Holly Stevens returns to her childhood home in the summer of 1970 and finds herself drawn to Philip DeLaCruz, a young man who is deeply involved in the clash between Salinas Valley farmers and the farm workers led by union organizer Cesar Chavez." . . "Bildungsromans" . . "The promise of the harvest" . . . "Fiction" . "Christian fiction" . . . . . . . "California" . . . .