When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall

When the Heart Cries (Sisters of the Quilt, #1)

by Cindy Woodsmall

When Hannah dares to love across the boundaries of tradition, will she lose everything?

Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom, forgo baptism into the faith, and marry outside the cloistered community. She’s been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for three years, and before returning to college for his senior year, Paul asks Hannah to be his wife. Hannah accepts, aware that her marriage will change her relationship with her family forever.

On the evening of their engagement, tragedy strikes and in one unwelcome encounter,...Read more

Reviewed by cherryblossommj on

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My heart complete breaks and repairs through this book. This story is told giving perspective into many of the characters lives and it makes you look back on your own with perspective.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Imagine leading a plain, normal strict life, yet having a desire for a man you know will not receive approval in the eyes of your family your people and struggling to find a way. Then as everything looks like it will work out just find, you're raped by a stranger and nobody believes you. Then when you finally accept the reality of a pregnancy, you lose that too. Only through the grace of God can life be repaired.

Usually I despise books that leave things wanting, but this book was perfect. It ended at just the right time and I look forward to reading a sequel [b:When The Morning Comes|633044|When the Morning Comes (Sisters of the Quilt, book #2)|Cindy Woodsmall|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320562291s/633044.jpg|2294666].

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