Caro Mitchell has practically been raised a single child. Her much older sister, Hannah, left home at 19 to become a nun. The only contact she has had with Hannah has been a once a year visit through an iron grill. Eight years later, Hannah is coming home and Caro is not happy to have this virtual stranger back in her life. The family reunion is not a happy one as Hannah returns withdrawn, depressed and painfully thin. Caro learns that there is a family secret that keep her parents from "pushing" Hannah to hard. What is the family secret? Will Caro learn what it is and help Hannah before it is too late? "The Opposite of Hallelujah" is a page turner whose story will stay with you long after you read it.