Quiet and soft-spoken, Kate Zook is the responsible eldest daughter in an Amish family and prides herself on fulfilling her role. Then, one fateful snowy night, she uncharacteristically speaks her mindand unwittingly plays a part in a horrible accident. Wracked by guilt over her role in the tragedy that left her brother David injured, Kate devotes herself to his care, going so far as to take on his chores in the fields. Even so, her brothers resentment toward her grows, and David torments Kate, making her increasingly isolated life even more difficult. Though Kates parents have emotionally withdrawn, someone outside the home takes an interest in Kate and notes her clear grief. Samuel, a local boy, has recently returned from a wild rumschpringethe Amish term for exploring the wider worldand recommitted to his community. Intrigued by Kates gentle yet loyal ways, he begins to fall in love with her. But tensions rise as he refuses to put up with Davids rage. As Kates heart begins to stir and cry out for happiness, she must rely on faith to find forgiveness or risk losing out on love.
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Publication Date: 04 Nov 2014
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781477826188
About Sarah Price
The author of more than two dozen novels Sarah Price brings her twenty-five years of experience of living among the Amish to her books many of which have been Amazon Top 100 Bestsellers. Her recent title First Impressions: An Amish Adaptation of Pride and Prejudice debuted in the ECPA Christian Fiction Top 25 Bestseller List a month after publication. Price has family roots in the same region of rural Pennsylvania where many of her stories are set; the Preiss family emigrated from Europe in 1705 and settled in the state along with the areas first wave of Mennonites. Born into a Mennonite family Price has firsthand experience with the culture and religion of both the Mennonites and the Amish. Her grandparents first introduced her to the world of the Amish in 1978 and since then Price has visited and even lived among different Amish communities in Lancaster County.