Angie:  I was hoping my readers would catch on to the cute little set up at the beginning of each chapter. Apartment 15A was Aurora’s (A for Aurora), 15B was Phil’s (B for Boy), and 15C was Clara’s (C for Clara). Maybe I was hoping for too much, because I have heard from readers who found that a little confusing at first.

Eva Marie:  Actually, I had no trouble at all. I guess it’s no different that walking into an apartment complex and saying, “There’s Jill’s front door, there’s Sean’s, there’s the one with man who has the funny little dog. …” For me, it totally worked.

Let's talk about dreams. Your female lead, Aurora, has some fairly vivid dreams. I was reminded of the dreams God spoke in — from those stories we read about in the Bible. The Genesis Joseph to the Joseph of the Gospels. God speaks in dreams. Were you afraid someone might say, "Hmmm.  Is this God or does this woman need drugs?"

Angie:  Is “this woman” Aurora or me?

Eva Marie (laughing):  No! No! Aurora!

Angie:  Actually, I believe dreams come from our subconscious most of the time, and God can certainly speak through dreams and through our subconscious. One reason I wrote the story was to illustrate the many ways in which God does speak to us, and Aurora closed off all the other channels — she wouldn’t read the Bible, she wouldn’t watch Christian television, she wouldn’t listen to her neighbor, she wouldn’t go to church, and I think it’s a fair bet she wouldn’t read Christian novels. So God did what was necessary to get her attention.

Eva Marie:  Well, maybe she’d read one of ours … who knows? Now, this is definitely a modern-day parable. Want to share some of the "secrets?" Like the names, the characters, the locations?

Angie:  I don’t want to tell too much, but the names of Aurora and Philip, the two main characters, come from Disney’s famed "Sleeping Beauty." I do have a sense of humor, but it’s usually buried pretty deep into the text. …

Eva Marie:  Oh, my gosh! I never even caught the "Sleeping Beauty" angle and I have granddaughters! Angie, what kind of research did it take to pull a story like this together?

Angie:  I had to research New York apartments, of course — I actually found a book with floor plans of apartment buildings and scoured through them until I found a layout that would work for Aurora, Phil, and Clara. I read books on agoraphobia, but actually learned more from talking to Patsy Clairmont (a past sufferer from agoraphobia) than from reading. I read books on dreams, and concentrated on Scripture verses like John 6:44 and 65, in which Jesus says that no man can come to him unless God first draws him. That’s what I wanted to show — just as Aurora’s father desperately wanted to know her, our loving Father God will do whatever it takes to woo his children and bring them into the family.