Alice B. reviewed on 10/29/2015 + 3563 more book reviews

Old order Amish Hannah Lapp wants to break with tradition and marry Paul Waddell, a college student and Mennonite. The day that Paul proposes, she is raped by a stranger on the road.Hannah denies it and becomes pregnant from the rape. Paul finds out and turns against her as do almost all of the old Order Amish. Hannah has the baby several days later but the baby is way too early and dies right after birth. They bury the baby in a 1 foot casket and Hannah decides to leave and so live with Aunt ZAbeth in Ohio. Can she make it on her own with an 8th grade education? It is amazing all that Cindy Woodsmall has put into this little book. She has twists and turns and mysteries and I was constantly wondering what would happen next.

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