A simple hope : a Lancaster Crossroads Novel / Rosalind Lauer.
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TextSeries: Lauer, Rosalind. Lancaster crossroads novel ; Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, [2014]Edition: First EditionDescription: 343 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0345543289 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
- 9780345543288 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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Main Library | Fiction | Lauer Rosalind | LC 2 | Available | 33111007555648 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
" For fans of Beverly Lewis and Cindy Woodsmall, Rosalind Lauer's moving Lancaster Crossroads novel A Simple Hope reveals the ways that faith, love, and charity bring people together in a devoted Amish community. HOPE SHINES THROUGH LIGHTING A PATH IN THE DARKNESS Ever since the accident that confined him to a wheelchair, James Lapp has fought relentlessly to regain his strength. He knows he must be whole and healthy to run his family's orchard and provide for Rachel King, the young woman he plans to marry. But when he defies his father's wishes and seeks treatment outside their close-knit Amish community, James discovers just how long and treacherous the road to recovery will be. Unwilling to saddle a wife with his troubles, James decides he must part with the woman he loves. Rachel won't give up her dream of being a devoted wife to James, and it breaks her heart to watch him shut her out. Then their lives change forever when a runaway Englisher girl hides in the Lapp orchard. Rachel and James feel they must risk the disapproval of their friends and neighbors to help her. Will the young stranger bring them closer or will the consequences of a shared secre
Confined to a wheelchair, James Lapp's unwilling to saddle Rachel King with his troubles, but a runaway Englisher girl unites them in a common goal.