<p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">The story&nbsp;flows through time around two courageous and unusual people. It is a moving portrait of the difficulties of being creative and true to oneself,&nbsp;both for the author and&nbsp;John Oliver, who was born without&nbsp;hands. John would not allow the difficulties he was born with to become his defining feature. This love story&nbsp;and the hard lessons learned keep readers wondering and hoping through the good and bad times.&nbsp;</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Aside from the author's thrilling and challenging year in the ex-Belgian Congo, the book unfolds in the picturesque landscapes of rural England and on the river Medway in Rochester,&nbsp;Charles Dickens'&nbsp;hometown.&nbsp;The river Medway keeps her secrets beside the ancient cathedral and castle, as do the characters who live by or on the river, like John Oliver in his tug, </span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Hobbit.</em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p>