
The Parting
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- Amish Quiltmaker Series, Book 1
- By: Jennifer Beckstrand
- Narrated by: Rebecca Mitchell
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Esther Zook is starting over after her father's death, piecing together a new life with as much care as she puts into her intricate quilts. When her wayward sister abandons her baby, it throws all those plans for a fresh start asunder. Esther had accepted her status as an old maid - but a mother? And a single one, at that? Not that she hasn't noticed Levi Kiem, the eligible young man who's making repairs in her house. Yet he surely has no interest in Esther as anything other than a friend....
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- By Sonja Duruji on 03-25-21
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The Secret
- Seasons of Grace, Book 1
- By: Beverly Lewis
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Secret by New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis is a compelling portrait of an Amish family's struggle to overcome the effects of a baffling secret. Soon-tobe-engaged Grace Byler is perplexed by her mom's nocturnal weeping and wandering - and her dad's refusal to discuss what's wrong. But when her mom runs off, Grace puts her own life on hold to pick up the pieces her mother left behind.
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Enjoy all of Beverly's books
- By betty on 01-02-11
By: Beverly Lewis
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Once Upon a Summer
- Seasons of the Heart, Book 1
- By: Janette Oke
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Best-selling author of Too Long a Stranger and Julia's Last Hope, Janette Oke is loved for her inspirational novels. In Once Upon a Summer, Oke weaves the tender tale of 12-year-old, Joshua, who has been raised by his 18-year-old aunt and their grandparents. He has grown accustomed to their close-knit family, but that is all about to change when Joshua's aunt considers marriage. Johnny Heller touchingly narrates the trials of faith this family must face.
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Excellent Series, and Wonderful Narrator!
- By Jan K on 07-30-09
By: Janette Oke
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A Bride Most Begrudging
- By: Deeanne Gist
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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Reluctant love and shared faith blossom during the daily chores and arguments of tobacco farmer Drew O'Connor and Lady Constance Morrow. Constance is everything Drew despises in a wife - she cannot cook and she prefers mathematical equations to cleaning. Worst of all, she has red hair! But when the two are forced into a marriage of convenience, Drew soon realizes how blessed he truly is.
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Finding Love When You Least Expect It.
- By 🌸DARA on 07-24-13
By: Deeanne Gist
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Another Homecoming
- By: Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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The world is at war. A young man bravely kisses his weeping bride goodbye at the train station, leaving her all alone. Then the dreaded telegram, and a decision that nearly tears her apart.
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Is there a sequel?!
- By Uncomplicated on 04-24-21
By: Janette Oke, and others
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The Heirloom
- By: Beverly Lewis
- Narrated by: Libby McKnight
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. Marriage seems like her best hope of moving out, but there are few young men in her tiny Indiana Amish community. When she comes across letters from her mother's aunt Ella Mae Zook, she sets off to visit Lancaster County's Hickory Hollow to decide where her future lies. Ella Mae is not quite ready to move from the farmhouse where she and her recently deceased husband many years, but her children are eager to resettle her, making Clara's visit seem like an answer to prayer.
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If you can, read the book rather than listen to it
- By LB on 10-06-23
By: Beverly Lewis
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The Timepiece
- By: Beverly Lewis
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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As the only daughter, Sylvia Miller of The Tinderbox has always held a special place in her Old Order family, one Adeline Pelham jeopardizes when she shows up at the Millers' Hickory Hollow farm. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of the painful secret that has so recently upended the Miller household. And with Sylvia and her mother still struggling to come to terms with that news, this is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher - especially this Englisher - into their midst.
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sweet read
- By Julie Sawyer on 02-28-20
By: Beverly Lewis
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Where Courage Calls
- By: Janette Oke, Laurel Oke Logan
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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After years of schooling, Beth Thatcher has graduated and is determined to become a teacher. But when she's assigned the position no one else wants - in the tiny mining town of Coal Valley, located in the rugged foothills of western Canada - she worries she doesn't have the courage to accept. Inspired by the diary of her aunt Elizabeth, who went west to teach school several years earlier, as well as her father's encouragement, Beth eventually decides to put her trust in God and leave behind all she's ever known.
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True enjoyment
- By C.F. on 10-19-15
By: Janette Oke, and others
Loved the narrator too. She has such an "innocent" voice that suits the Amish well. :o)
Wonderful!
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Choosing the difficult
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It was slow starting, but perseverance pays.
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Wonderful story of faith
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NiceStory about Amish salvation…
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Did. Jesus take way our sins or can you earn your way to heaven. To know Gods word & hVe a relationship with God.
Not to judge to know we all come short of what heaven requires without Jesus love & grace
How to come together in peace.
How can loving Jesus have division?
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Refreshing and Inspiring!
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Made it to chapter 11.
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