Will Melinda discover her inner strength?Melinda grew up in a staunchly Catholic family. At sixteen, she's in the throes of first love when her family falls apart. Dad takes off with his secretary, abandoning the family he professed to love. Mom has trouble processing what's happening to her home.Melinda is a daddy's girl, the tomboy but also pretty enough to be sought after by a guy she adores. In the blink of an eye, she feels as if she's losing the strong faith she believed her family had and her prayers aren't being answered.Set against the backdrop of the turbulent sixties, Bright Shining delves into the life of a teen with two possible choices-remain with what she's always known in her faith or be caught up in the drugs and criminal underworld that has consumed so many teens. Will she make the right choice?