The Shakeress Author:Kimberly Heuston After Phoebe and her three siblings lose their parents and baby brother in a tragic fire, they are sent to live with an intolerant aunt, who wants to send Phoebe to work in a mill. The four children run away to the one place that will unquestioningly shelter thema Shaker village. After a few years with the Shakers, Naomis sister is s... more »ure she belongs to "the Community," but Naomi, now a gifted healer, hears a voice inside, saying, "Its time for you to go." So she strikes off on her own. But there is something missing from her lifesomething that having a thriving vocation or even meeting the handsome Joseph Fairbanks doesnt satisfy. This is the story of a young womans quest for spiritual fulfillment in the raw and exciting world of America at the start of the 1800s. It is one you wont soon forget.« less