Second Intermission: A Small Town Secrets Novella

Two women of faith

Deborah Blessing is a German Baptist who has chosen to play a devout Muslim woman in the play Afghanistan. She's in awe of the playwright, a Marine veteran named Jake Abbott, and hero worships the professor for the play's production, Gail Tremont. They're two of the reasons she's standing up to pressure from her community to act in the play.

But mostly, it's the character herself. A devout woman of faith who risked her life for some strangers deserved to be played by a woma...