Title: Hannah’s Choice (Journey to Pleasant Prairie #1)
Author: Jan Drexler
Pages: 384
Release Date: January 12, 2016 (eBook), January 19, 2016
(paperback)
Genre: Historical Amish (1842)
Publisher: Revell
Format: eBook (also available in paperback)
Note: I received a free eBook copy of this novel from the
publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.
About the book:
Hannah Yoder
loves her quiet life on the banks of the Conestoga Creek. In 1842, this corner
of Lancaster County is settled and peaceful – yet problems lurk beneath the
placid façade. Hannah’s father worries about the spread of liberal ideas from
their Mennonite and Brethren neighbors. And Hannah blames herself for a tragedy
that struck their home nine years ago. She strives to be the one person who can
bind the threads of her family together in spite of her mother’s ongoing
depression and her sister’s rejection of their family. But her world is
threatening to unravel.
When two young
men seek her hand in marriage – one offering the home she craves and the other
promising the adventure of following God’s call west – Hannah must make a
choice. Faithfully perform her duties to her family? Or defy her father and
abandon her community?
My review:
This is a
wonderful historical Amish novel!
The characters
are so well developed that by the end of the book I felt like I knew them as
well as I do my own family members. This is not just a couple of main
characters but quite of few of them.
Hannah and her
family have faced horrible tragedy in the past. Each of them seems to have
handled it differently. Some of them are stuck in the heartache at the
beginning of the book. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how those that had already
been able to move on were able to help the others.
Hannah wasn’t the
only one in the story that had a decision to make. Many of the characters did.
The discussions between them were fantastic as they tried to figure out what
God wanted them to do with their lives. This was an incredible example of how
we should work through tough decisions together. I found this especially true
in the context of married couples and family growth and development.
I was fascinated
by the look into how the Amish people were different from the others in the
area prior to the existence of electricity. Jan Drexler also included a
wonderful description of the weaving process. This is something I have never
known anything about.
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