Three and a Half Minutes - Contemporary Women's Fiction Novel Portland, Oregon Workaholic Camille Ashland is at the top of her game. She has built a thriving business, is raising a lovely daughter, and lives in a newly decorated home. Her life is full until a heart attack and near-death experience change everything. Vienna, Austria Gunther Christove, instructor at the Vienna School of Language, lives for one thing--atonement for the death of his wife and son. When an American woman arrives in his class, dreams of hope and happiness begin to soften his heart. Turning to his priest brother for answers, Gunther finds forgiveness from the most unexpected place. It only takes Three and a Half Minutes to change the course of a life "