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Raised in foster care and now the widowed mother of a little girl, Cara Moore struggles against poverty, fear, and a relentless stalker. When a trail of memories leads Cara and Lori out of New York City toward an Amish community, she follows every lead, eager for answers and a fresh start. She discovers that long-held secrets about her family history ripple beneath the surface of Dry Lake, Pennsylvania, and it's no place for an outsider. But one Amish...
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Ada's house trilogy volume 3
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English
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Reeling from an unexpected betrayal, can Sylvia find relief from the echoes of her past…or will they shape her future forever?
Although Sylvia Fisher recognizes that most Old Order Amish women her age spend their hours managing a household and raising babies, she has just one focus—tending and nurturing the herd on her family’s dairy farm. But when a dangerous connection with an old beau forces her to move
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2013.
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English
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On the eve of Rhoda Butler's and the King family's departure to establish an Amish community in Maine, Rhoda is shocked to discover that choices made by her business partner, Samuel King, have placed her and her unusual gifts directly in the path of her district's bishop and preachers.
4) Until then
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Until then may I use my time as you desire...
In 1985, Old Order Amish couple Celeste and Vin Lantz have been married for six years. Vin is a carpenter by trade but an artist in his heart. He is especially captivated by drawing portraits, which the Amish consider idolatry. Knowing they could be shunned, Celeste is shocked to discover that Vin has secretly been sketching her and their sons. When she confronts Vin, they argue and Vin storms off......
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2014.
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English
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"Rhoda Byler feels a newfound confidence living in the Old Order Amish settlement she helped establish in Orchard Bend, Maine. She is happy to be working alongside the King family and the love of her life as they nurture the settlement's orchard. When Leah King's involvement with Englischer Landon Olson becomes known outside of their community, her disregard of the Ordnung could threaten all the Orchard Bend Amish are building. In the midst of...
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2013.
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Working hard to develop a new Amish community, Rhoda Butler is fully committed to rehabilitating an orchard with business partner Samuel King, but there is an unexpected strain in the relationship with her beau, Samuel's brother Jacob, which makes Rhoda long for Jacob to fully be free of his past.
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Sisters of the quilt volume 2
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English
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Her relationship with fiance Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers. Back in Owl's Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his treatment of Hannah. Fearing for her safety, he tries to convince Hannah's...
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Sisters of the quilt volume 3
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WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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Sisters of the quilt volume 1
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English
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Hannah Lapp, a seventeen-year-old who had been raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, wants to break with tradition and marry outside the sheltered community, but on a quiet night before Hannah and Mennonite Paul Waddell can be married, tragedy strikes and Hannah faces losing her place in the community forever.
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2020.
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"A marriage is tested in this Old Order Amish novel of longing for renewed love and a path for forgiveness from the best-selling author of Gathering the Threads. Old Order Amish wife and mother Jemima has put her marriage and family ahead of herself for years. She's set herself aside. Raising four children, she's followed all the rules and has been patient in looking forward to her time to chase a dream of her own"--
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WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of "big box" stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface--and possibly love. Twenty-four-year-old Holly Zook lives a unique life for a young Amish woman. Years ago, her bishop allowed her to continue her education and become the lead technician for Greene's Pharmacy,...
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Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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"Because of Joel Dienner's impossible situation, twenty-one-year-old Rose Kurtz must sacrifice everything to help in the wake of tragedy. Yet as days pass into years in the beautiful hills, amidst the laughter of children and God's providence--is it too much for Rose to hope for love in return?"--From the publisher's web site.
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Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Co
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"Finally back in the Old Order Amish world she loves, will Ariana's new perspectives draw her family closer together-- or completely rip them apart? After months away in the Englisch world, Ariana Brenneman is overjoyed to be in the Old Order Amish home where she was raised. Yet her excitement is mixed with an unexpected apprehension as she reconciles all she's learned from her biological parents with the uncompromising teachings of her Plain community....
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Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"Old Order Amish Jolene Keim was on the brink of happiness when everything changed. For the next ten years, Jolene threw herself into family life--and then she meets Andy Fisher, father to a nine-year-old. Andy is cautious about his friendship with Jolene, but he believes she knows the truth about him. As a man whose wife abandoned him, he is unable to divorce or remarry according to the Amish ways. As Andy and Jolene find themselves confronted...
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