What makes a family? In 1950s Wheeling, West Virginia, two storylines, one ancient and one modern, intertwine to explore the timeless question at the heart of every home. In the biblical thread, two widows, Ruth and Naomi, navigate life as both foreigners and family, learning what it means to choose loyalty when everything familiar has been lost. In the modern narrative, an abandoned expectant mother and a weary mother-in-law walk the fragile line between disappointment and hope as they face an uncertain future together. From the author of The Doctor of Dunstable Plains and The Potter of Paradox, this fourth installment in The Spirit Series is a tender, reflective novel about: the families we’re born into - the families we build - and the families God quietly weaves together through grace Blending historical drama with contemporary hope, The Farmer of Fish Market invites readers to witness the quiet miracles that unfold when ordinary people choose compassion over convenience and steadfastness over fear. In a world that measures family by last names and DNA, this story reminds us that true kinship grows wherever love takes root.