Finding Us

by Tracie Peterson Book 2 in the Pictures of the Heart series.

First published 2023

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While taking photographs at an exposition in Seattle in 1909, Camera Girl Eleanor Bennet snaps an image of a woman in widow's clothes with deep sorrow etched in her expression and a young infant in her arms. Eleanor longs to study botany at the University of Washington and soon becomes fast friends with botanist Bill Reed, but she can't stop thinking about the widow in the photograph.

She is stunned to learn Bill recognizes the woman as the sister-in-law he believed lost in a shipwreck. As Eleanor and Bill hunt for Amelia Reed to reunite her with Bill's grief-stricken brother, they must stand together to face the danger that follows and learn to trust that God will direct their paths. The 1909 exposition and its culture of photography allow the novel to examine public image, hidden history and Christian responsibility towards people treated as exhibits or obstacles.