ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS introduces readers to an Old Order family, a close-knit community and a devout people whose way of life and faith in God is as timeless as their signature horse and buggy. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II, this compelling saga spans three generations of a Lancaster County Amish family. Abram Ebersol and his devoted wife are raising four courting-age daughters on a firm foundation of Plain tradition, and they expect their girls to carry on that heritage by joining the church and making a covenant with God. But the "running-around" years known as rumschpringe are often a time of sowing wild oats. Each of Abram's daughters, choosing her own path, must come to terms with the Old Ways of thinking and living. And sometimes that path has detours and forks in the road with unknown destinations...
- ISBN10 0764280716
- ISBN13 9780764280719
- Publish Date 1 July 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 January 2013
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Baker Publishing Group
- Imprint Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
- Format Paperback
- Pages 1744
- Language English