Unbroken Circle

Sallie Lee Hybart doesn't see many strangers at her diner counter. Pennington, Alabama, is a town the interstate passed by, so newcomers are rare. But this one looks familiar.

Janet Bouton has nothing and no one. Her life has been stripped down to the clothing on her back. Counting out her meager change to pay for a stick-to-the-ribs meal, she is hoping to escape the diner unrecognized. She shouldn't have come back...but no place else on earth is familiar.

An act of kindness sets a chain of e...