title: Oh Susanna
author: Walker, Karen T.
description: When Susanna, a shy young girl who suffers from chronic bouts of low self-esteem, meets Morris, a handsome, self-assured, charismatic older boy, he is determined to make her his wife. But Susanna has made a binding promise to care for her family during an extended family crisis, and she doesn’t even love Morris. That becomes a major problem when a trusted church leader counsels Susanna to get married. Just how important is love anyway? And what about her promise? Through tenacious determination to live the gospel as she has been taught, and drawing upon hidden reserves of deep, abiding faith, Susanna experiences many miracles—both earthly and heavenly. Her ultimate discovery is that the greater the unforeseen challenges, the stronger the love. For her, that love becomes more enduring than life itself.