What makes a woman? The love she's given? The men and women who raise her? The relationships she forges along the way? Ophelia isn't sure. The perpetual baby of a larger-than-life Texan family, she's long been stumbling blindly toward womanhood, the path before her clouded and uncertain. With expectations and responsibilities crashing in on both sides, Ophelia finds herself at a frightening crossroads. One way lies happiness; the other, depression. In this warm and generous short story collection, Kit Kenneth tracks Ophelia's trials, tribulations, and eventual triumphs on her journey toward adulthood. From story to story, Ophelia comes to understand her relationships with the women who raised her, faces the men who loved and betrayed them, and learns to forgive both those who've wronged her and, finally, herself. Strength of Her Heart is the touching coming-of-age chronicle of a woman heading through misery and happiness toward the waiting silhouette of her soulmate, and is sure to appeal to fans of romance and women's fiction alike.