The extraordinary tale of Joan Draxler Hawkins, starting with both sets of her grandparents emigrating from Europe around 1890 and building a life in America. Jo's Amazing Journey traces her family's lives through hardship and wars - to raising twelve children in the 1960's and 1970's with her husband John. It is an inspiring story of faith and hope; work and love - with a special focus on the mother's powerful role in the family story. (Full color pages edition)