Only a Penny: How a Lebanese-American Family Overcame Profound Poverty and Found Prosperity

Can only a penny make a difference in your life?

Maybe not now, but it did for a seven-year-old boy, his young mother, and his five siblings living in Houston, Texas. Only a Penny is the inspiring story of the Abercias-a Lebanese immigrant family who crawled out of profound poverty and into prominence.

God, family, and country formed their foundation. Their goal was to work hard to assimilate into the American culture of freedom and be a part of what this country had to offer. Ralph (the old...