To Be Three

Mary Overton has broken away from her parents' Manhattan home. She also wanted to escape the humiliation she felt when she discovered the man she had fallen in love with was married. She has a new teaching position, and a new life in Kings City, a small city in upstate New York on the Hudson River.

Jordan Roberts, a Protestant minister, and his daughter, Naomi, who is in Mary's fifth grade class, have moved from a village parish to Kings City the past summer. Jordan is still grieving the loss of his wife, Ellen, who was killed in a car crash.

When Mary meets Jordan she is drawn to him in spite of her determination to avoid a new relationship. His growing love for Mary brings a revitalization to Jordan and his ministry. Naomi, too, is rewarded with a father like the one she had known before her mother's accident. She begins to pray they will be a family of three again.