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c2012., Adults, Harvest House Publishers Call No: FIC CLA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The women of Lancaster County Volume: #3Summary Note: "A long-lost painting.. a journal with a secret code... a father's mysterious return... Mennonite raised Ella Bayer has two big dreams: to operate her own bakery and to marry her AMish boyfriend, Ezra Gundy. Ezra adores Ella as well, but his family wants him to marry within the faith. Hoping some distance will coo the romance, Ezra's family sends him to work on an Amish dairy farm in Indiana. But when Ella's estranged father returns to Lancaster, she also heads to Indiana - and ends up at a farm linked to her great-grandmother's coded journal. There, her attempts to break that code are aided by Luke Kline, a handsome Amish farmhand. As Ella makes her way in this new place, she's forced to grapple with the past and question the future. Will she become Ezra's Amish bride? Or does God have something else in mind for the proud an feisty young woman who is used to doing things her own way?" --from back cover.
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c2011., Adults, Harvest House Publishers Call No: FIC CLA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The women of Lancaster County Volume: #1Summary Note: "A deathbed confession... a dusty carved box containg two lcks of hair... a century-old letter about property in Switzerland... Nurse-midwife Lexie Jaeger's encounter with all three rekindles a burning desire to meet her biological family. Propelled on a personal journey of discovery, Lexie's search for the truth takes her from her home in Oregon to the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish country. There she finds Marta Bayer, a mysterious lay-midwife who may hold the key to Lexie's past. But Marta isn't talking, especially now that she has troubles of her own following the death on an Amish Patient during childbirth. As Lexie steps in to assume Marta's patient load and continues the search for her birth family, a handsome local doctor proves to be a welcome distraction. But will he also distract her from James, the man back home who lovingly awaits her return? From her Amish patients, Lexie learns the meaning of the Pennsylvania Dutch word demut: "to let be." Will this woman who wants to control everything ever learn to depend totally on God? Or will her stubborn determination to unearth the secrets of the past at all costs only serve to tear her newfound family apart?" --from back cover.
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c2011., Adults, Harvest House Publishers Call No: FIC CLA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
Includes Additional InfoSeries Title: The women of Lancaster County Volume: #2Summary Note: "A cave behind a waterfall... a dying confession... a secret agreement hidden for a century...
Amish-raised Ada Rupp knows nothing of these elements of her family's past. Instead, her eyes are fixed firmly on the future for the first time in her life. Now that a serious medical issue is behind her, Ada is eager to pursue her God-given gifts of teaching and her dream of marrying Will Gundy, a handsome widower she's loved since she was a child. But when both desires meet with unexpected obstacles, Ada's fragile heart grows heavy with sorrow.
Then she meets Daniel, an attractive Mennonites scholar with a surprising request. He needs her help to save an important historic sties from being destroyed. Now Ada, a family friend, and a young child must head to Switzerland to mend an old family rift and help preserve her religious heritage.
In order to succeed in saving the site, Ada and Daniel must unlock secrets from the past. But do they also have a future together- or will Ada's heart forever belong to Will, the only man she's ever really wanted?"
--from back cover.
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[2013]., Adults, Harvest House Publishers Call No: FIC CLA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Women of Lancaster County Series Volume: #4Summary Note: "A beautiful misfit... A handsome young filmmaker... A shocking family secret, hidden for 200 years... A loner and a daydreamer, Amish-raised Izzy Mueller doesn't fit in with her family or her community. About the only person who really gets Izzy is her best friend, Mennonite-raised Zed Bayer, but soon he'll be leaving for college, hundreds of miles away. Worse, he's completely unaware she's in love with him. Izzy works as a caregiver, a job which suits her gentle ways and kind sprit. She's also a talented seamstress and often sits with her patients, quietly sewing, as they talk and reminisce about the past. Izzy has always enjoyed hearing what they have to say - until the day one of them shares some unsavory news about her own ancestors. As Izzy searches for the truth behind that lore, she begins to question her life - her creative longings, her relationships, and her heritage. Caught in the swirling dynamics of Zed's family once she becomes the caretaker for his grandmother, can Izzy learn from the past and from others' mistakes? Or must she step out in faith and forge a future all her own?" --from back cover.
