It's early 1900's Brooklyn, New York and Sister St. Savior notices a ruckus in a neighborhood apartment complex. Annie's husband has almost killed the tenants when he takes his own life using the gas oven. Sister is a member of the Little Nursing Sisters of the Poor Sick. She and Sister Jeanne take over the care of Annie and her new baby Sally. They arrange for Annie to help Sister Immaculata in the convent laundry. As Sally grows up under the watchful eyes of the Sisters, she decides she, too, wants to become a nun. The lovely writing beautifully describes a time and place long past. It's a good story of family and devotion, but the story ends too abruptly.