The Prodigal (#04 in Abram's Daughters Series)

An alarming secret is brought to light in ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS, Book Four. Truth can be thorny, even heartbreaking, yet Leah is required to make another difficult choice. Will this secret of secrets bring further sorrow for Leah, Sadie and the Ebersol family?

At its heart, THE PRODIGAL is a multi-layered mystery and a saga of love, a story of deceit and untangled webs, of disgrace and redemption, encompassed by the merciful threads that knit families together.

Never would this family, especially Leah, have expected the return of one more prodigal. . .

ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS
Beverly Lewis
ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS introduces readers to an Old Order family, a close-knit community and a devout people whose way of life and faith in God is as timeless as their signature horse and buggy.

This compelling post-World War II saga spans three generations of a Lancaster County Amish family. Abram Ebersol and his devoted wife are raising four courting-age daughters on a firm foundation of Plain tradition, and they expect their girls to carry on that heritage by joining the church and making a covenant with God.

But the "running-around" teen years known as rumschpringe are often a time of sowing wild oats. Each of Abram's daughters, choosing her own path, must come to terms with the Old Ways of thinking and living. And sometimes that path has detours and forks in the road with unknown destinations. . .

Author Information:
Beverly Lewis' Mennonite heritage and Lancaster County upbringing have provided wonderful inspiration and authentic background for her bestselling novels of Plain people and their lives. With many relatives and friends in the Anabaptist community, she finds their insights and interactions to be invaluable as she researches plots and characters for her stories.

Beverly is the author of over 70 books for adults and children, including her inaugural adult novel, THE SHUNNING, Book One of her blockbuster series, THE HERITAGE OF LANCASTER COUNTY. Her novel THE PRODIGAL (Book Four of the ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS series) made The New York Times Paperback Bestseller List.
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Publisher Description

Book 4 in the bestselling Abram's Daughters series. The compelling and continuing chronicle of Abram Ebersol's family, beginning in the mid-1940s, moves forward in time and scope to the late 50s. The devout Ebersols have faced sometimes-painful divisions and separations--if not geographical, those of the heart. Leah, possibly most of all, has borne losses and revelations that would have undone another whose faith was not firmly established in the God her beloved mother knew so fervently. Leah also has endured the ultimate test of her fortitude, the unexpected return of her shunned sister, Sadie, and the renewed sense of betrayal that arrives home with her. But since the close of The Sacrice, Leah has occupied her heart and hands with the overseeing of the Ebersol Cottage and the raising of her motherless younger siblings. This includes vivacious Lydiann, who has arrived at the traditional rumschpringe, the time for testing her wings and her willingness to commit to the Old Ways. Will