TY  - BOOK
AU  - Younts,Elizabeth Byler
TI  - Promise to cherish
T2  - The promise of sunrise
SN  - 1410477673 (hardcover)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Waterville, Maine
PB  - Thorndike Press
KW  - Civilian Public Service
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Abusive men
KW  - Amish
KW  - Nurses
KW  - Single mothers
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Conscientious objectors
KW  - Large type books
KW  - Christian fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Love stories
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - It's 1946, and Christine Freeman is a nurse at Hudson River State Hospital, where she works alongside members of a Civilian Public Service unit. Eli is one of the "conscies" -- conscientious objectors to the war -- and he is doing his best to become a man of character instead of the immature heartbreaker he used to be back home in his Amish community. Christine and Eli are friendly, but when an old acquaintance, Jack, returns home from the war Christine's world is turned violently upside down. Once Christine realizes she is pregnant with Jack's baby, her options are limited. Eli, heartbroken to see his friend so hurt, offers her an escape within his Amish community. Despite her unplanned pregnancy, Christine is fully embraced by Eli's community. She lives with an elderly midwife, who shares her great wisdom on life, and Christine slowly begins to feel valued and loved as she learns the Amish way of life. Christine also finds herself falling for Eli. But as her due date approaches, the abusive Jack discovers Christine in her Amish hideaway and starts causing trouble for the quiet community. Christine can't see herself becoming Amish, and she knows that if Eli leaves the church to be with her, he will be shunned. Will she escape Jack and possibly give up her baby or will she follow her heart and promise to cherish the Amish man who loves her?
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