Racing The Sun

Leila Payson and her friends are back with more adventures in Racing The Sun, a sequel to The Horizon Seekers. Leila moves with ease between the present and the future, whose visions inspire her. In the present, she starts a group to bring people of varying abilities together and into the community. She helps a young man, a paraplegic, realize his dream of designing better wheelchairs and prepare for a race. Raoul, Leila’s former hearing-impaired student, is back, along with the quixotic Maria Picot, and the combative guidance counselor Mrs. Grisjun. And then there’s lunch with Leila's oldest friend, Caroline, who always speaks her mind. Meanwhile, she is haunted by an early childhood trauma and discovers her mother and father both have secrets. Leila and Mark return to Africa, where they have both worked before. Her eyes are opened when she sees Mark's work in Rwanda. She visits Dr. Anna Larssen, the director of a ground-breaking group in South Africa, and Baruti, an occupational therapist, whose work influenced her life many years before. And will she at long last see the wild flamingos?