A pastor’s search for faith… a trafficked girl’s fight for survival… and a twist of fate that will change their lives forever.
Torn apart by doubt and disillusionment, Swiss pastor Thomas Wenger leaves his parish and embarks on a unique journey of faith by serving the broken and destitute on Zurich’s streets. Thomas finds friendship, purpose, a renewed faith … and Leah, the unlikely love of his life.
Living in a remote Nepali village, Dipak Badi’s family suffers severely as members of the caste formerly called The Untouchables. Though poverty and sickness are daily threats, Dipak never gives up hope that his daughters Prisha and Saraya will someday know a better future.
When tragedy strikes and Saraya is trafficked to a brothel in India, Thomas, who by then has become friends with her family, is forced to make a decision that will forever change all of their lives…
Spanning three decades and two continents, Scars of Gold is the inspiring story of an ordinary pastor whose small world forever changes as he encounters God through those on the margins of society.
what readers are saying
“An inspiring, surprising and riveting story about love in all its forms, and the healing power of such love in even the most desperate of circumstances.”
— Sarah Symons, founder of Her Future Coalition, author, TEDx speaker
“In her second stunning novel of faith reconstruction, Forgoston pulls off all the masks and reveals both the unintentional hypocrisy of the church and the love that heals it. This is a page turner – vivid, beautiful and heartbreaking.”
— Nancy Rue, Christy Award winner and author of 126 books
