Suddenly orphaned, Lena Rose Schwartz is uprooted from her Old Order community in Michigan to live with distant relatives in Lancaster County. Is it only a matter of time before she can get back to take care of her siblings, and be reunited with her beau Hannes Lehman?Lena Rose Schwartz...
Suddenly orphaned, Lena Rose Schwartz is uprooted from her Old Order community in Michigan to live with distant relatives in Lancaster County. Is it only a matter of time before she can get back to take care of her siblings, and be reunited with her beau Hannes Lehman?
Lena Rose Schwartz hadn't planned to leave her Old Order community in Centerville, Michigan. But then, she could not have foreseen the accident that made her and her siblings orphans. After her parents' funeral, her younger brothers and sisters are farmed out to various nearby relatives. But when the deacon in charge of the arrangements tells her there aren't places enough for everyone, she agrees to go live with her father's second cousin and his family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Beside the fact that Lena has never been more than a few miles from home, she's never met the family she will now be living with. But worse than that is the thought of being separated from her siblings. How will they manage without her to care for them--especially eight-year-old Chris? And what about Hannes Lehman, the beau she was sure would soon be asking her to marry him? It was true that he was not the man her father would have preferred for her. Maybe that was what the deacon was hinting at when he said "a fresh start might do you good."
*It won't be forever*, she consoles herself. *I'll come back as soon as I can to take care of my family--and to make a home with Hannes*. But doing so may prove far more complicated than she ever imagined.
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Suddenly orphaned, Lena Rose Schwartz is uprooted from her Old Order community in Michigan to live with distant relatives in Lancaster County. Is it only a matter of time before she can get back to take care of her siblings, and be reunited with her beau Hannes Lehman?Lena Rose Schwartz...
Suddenly orphaned, Lena Rose Schwartz is uprooted from her Old Order community in Michigan to live with distant relatives in Lancaster County. Is it only a matter of time before she can get back to take care of her siblings, and be reunited with her beau Hannes Lehman?
Lena Rose Schwartz hadn't planned to leave her Old Order community in Centerville, Michigan. But then, she could not have foreseen the accident that made her and her siblings orphans. After her parents' funeral, her younger brothers and sisters are farmed out to various nearby relatives. But when the deacon in charge of the arrangements tells her there aren't places enough for everyone, she agrees to go live with her father's second cousin and his family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Beside the fact that Lena has never been more than a few miles from home, she's never met the family she will now be living with. But worse than that is the thought of being separated from her siblings. How will they manage without her to care for them--especially eight-year-old Chris? And what about Hannes Lehman, the beau she was sure would soon be asking her to marry him? It was true that he was not the man her father would have preferred for her. Maybe that was what the deacon was hinting at when he said "a fresh start might do you good."
*It won't be forever*, she consoles herself. *I'll come back as soon as I can to take care of my family--and to make a home with Hannes*. But doing so may prove far more complicated than she ever imagined.
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I enjoyed this book all the way through. Yes, it starts with tragedy, but don't worry- it's not mopey & depressing. It's about her moving forward. I'm fascinated by the Amish way of life, & there are two Amish communities in this book. I love to learn about their way of life & compare similarities in their different ordnung. I learnt some new Pennsylvania Dutch words, too. A lovely, likeable main character (all the characters are great, actually). Beautiful farmhouse settings. Nothing inappropriate in this book. Just good, clean reading. I rarely give a 5 star.
