Publisher's Synopsis
AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMISH SHORT STORIESAN AMISH GOODBYEAbby finally gets her wish to tour the city outside her Amish community. She gets a job at a restaurant and meets a young man named Mac who sweeps her off her feet. Over time, however, she realizes that the Amish community is where she needs to be and returns home, much to the dismay of the young man. Can Mac convince her to stay on the outside world or is she destined to return home?THE AMISH COVENANTNancy is a young Amish woman who struggles to take care of her ailing mother. As her mother's condition deteriorates, so does the mental stability of her siblings. Nancy is at her wit's end trying to keep it all together when a handsome neighbor moves in next door. His name is Joseph and over time she falls head over heels in love with him. But does she want to expose him to all of the turmoil in her life?LOVE MADE WHOLENancy is an Amish orphan who has faced constant abuse from her adoptive family. As she grows into womanhood, she dreams of romance and raising a family of her own. Going into town, she meets another orphan and the connection is immediate. She begins seeing the young man but her adopted family catches wind of the budding romance and begins doing everything they can to block the relationship. Can Nancy maintain her romance with the young man despite the lies that her adopted family has been telling him about her?AMISH DEAFRebecca is a single Amish woman turning thirty and she has all but given up hope of finding a husband. She works as a teacher in the outside world and has a boy in her class who is deaf. Trained in sign language, she bonds with the boy who seems to be in desperate need of a mother as his own had passed away years earlier. She eventually meets the boy's father and the attraction is immediate. But the father, like the son, is deaf in a figurative way as he cannot feel anything beyond his the psychological trauma he suffered with his wife's passing. Can Rebecca break down these barriers and make them whole again?