<p>Cana, Massachusetts, 1730. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur Lyman, discovers in the minister''s words a love so captivating it transcends language.<br><br>As the bond between these two men grows more and more passionate, their families must contend with a tangled web of secrets, lies and judgments which threaten to destroy them in this world and the next. As Nathaniel and Arthur search for a path out of an impossible situation, their wives and children must do the same, looking beyond the known world for a new kind of wilderness, both physical and spiritual.<br><br>Set during the turbulent historical upheavals which shaped America''s destiny, <i>All the World Beside</i> reveals the very human lives just beneath the surface of dogmatic belief. Bestselling author Garrard Conley has created a page-turni