Hannah's Girls
6 total works
In Milwaukee in the 1930s, Ruthie's carefree life of memorizing Bible verses, visits with cousins, and playing with friends is transformed when the war in Europe moves to center stage and the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
Living with her loving family on a farm in southern Ohio, a thirteen-year-old Seventh-Day Adventist girl learns important lessons about friendship, manners, and practicing the "golden rule."
In the 1960's when Elaine and her family move back to Grand Rapids, Michigan, they return to a new home, neighborhood, and friends, as well as their familiar Adventist church and its members.