A young girl grows up in the company of a strange time-traveling visitor who appears and disappears at random- The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger.An autistic savant must choose whether to accept a new treatment that would make him normal and change his identity forever-T he Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon.A young girl watches the turmoil in her family from heaven after being raped and murdered by a neighbor- The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold.An orthodox Jewish artist struggles to reconcile his art, his religion, and his family- My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok.A young nurse searches for the way home after time-traveling from 1945 to 1743 Scotland- Outlander, Diana Gabaldon.A stonemason in 12th-century England battles to build his life’s dream, a cathedral- The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett.A young human girl in Ice Age Europe struggles to survive in her adoptive clan of Neanderthals- The Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel.A eunuch in 18th century BC Egypt must survive the palace intrigues between his owner and her evil father- River God, Wilbur Smith.A hobbit learns that his magic ring is the key to saving Middle Earth from the Dark Lord- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R.A boy wizard begins his training and must battle for his life with the Dark Lord who murdered his parents- Harry Potter #1, J.K.A boy raised in Afghanistan grows up with the shame of having failed to fight the gang of boys who raped his closest friend- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini.A Moscow homicide detective investigates a bizarre triple murder and runs afoul of the KGB and FBI- Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith.A young servant girl in 17th-century Holland lies at the center of a marital dispute in the home of renowned painter Johannes Vermeer- Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier.A young Saudi woman on the run from her family links up with a Berkeley physics prodigy who is just learning that he can see the future- Blink, Ted Dekker.Randy Ingermanson has published a number of examples of one-sentence summaries: