This is book three in the "Sisters of the Quilt" series, but stands alone as a good book! The details of the other books, that are needed in this book, are introduced so well, that you don't feel like you are reading the synopsis of other books.
Hannah Lapp left her Amish roots on tenuous grounds two and a half years earlier. Going to live with her Aunt Zabeth in Ohio, who helps her through the complexities of joining an English world, gives her needed understanding and love. Only 17 at the time, she starts a new life for herself. She got some counseling, is going to school for nursing, met a wonderful man, Martin Palmer, and is helping him with his niece and nephew (whom he acquired from his sister).
One day she is contacted by her sister back in Owl's Perch, Pennsylvania. Her brother has had a serious accident in a fire - will she come home? She leaves her base in Ohio, and heads out to return to her childhood home. Her brother's friend has died in the fire, and he is heartbroken, struggling to decide how to move on. She realizes her sister, Sarah, is in desperate need of counseling and help for her mental condition. And how did Sarah know how to contact her? What will her former fiance, Paul, say when she sees him? How will she cope with the complexities and hidden truths that now face her back in Owl's Perch?
Will she choose the Englischer world and the man who restored her hope, or will she heed the call to return to the Plain Life—and perhaps to her first love?
Author Bio: Cindy Woodsmall is a best-selling author, who has garnered strong praise for the first two novels in the Sisters of the Quilt series. When the Heart Cries was a finalist for the ECPA Novel of the Year in 2007 and received the Reviewer’s Choice Award from the Road to Romance website. When the Morning Comes was named among the Best Books of 2007 for Crossings Book Club. Cindy lives in Georgia with her husband of thirty years.
Having spent some time among the Amish while studying midwifery, I thoroughly enjoy reading books about the plain life. It brings back memories. They have hopes and dreams, ups and downs, and they enjoy life and each other. I watched a friend as she and her husband became Christians and were ostracized from their community. It brought new meaning to leaving family for the Lord.
If you would like to enjoy reading this great book, leave a comment by December 17th, and I'll get it to the winner in time for Christmas break. :-)
2 comments:
I have the book, so don't enter me. I loved the whole series! Kaytlin hounded me when she found out the third book was on its way. We had differing opinions about who she should end up with, but I won.
You should put your giveaway in at prizey, they have a book site http://prizeybooks2.blogspot.com/ that is the link to submit your giveaway.
I am loving this book! I am almost done reading it, so I can write the review! The Author is a great writer!
Don't enter me in the contest, either...just wanted to comment on it.
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