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When the Morning Comes (Sisters of the Quilt #2)
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Cindy Woodsmall (Goodreads Author)
Her relationship with fiancé Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers.
Back in Owl’s Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his...more
Back in Owl’s Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
September 4th 2007
by WaterBrook Press
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Her relationship with fiancé Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers.
Back in Owl’s Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his treatment of Hannah. Fearing for her safety, he tries to convince Hannah’s remaining allies–brother Luke,...more
Her relationship with fiancé Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers.
Back in Owl’s Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his treatment of Hannah. Fearing for her safety, he tries to convince Hannah’s remaining allies–brother Luke,...more
I originally purchased the book, When the Morning Comes, never realizing that it was part of a series. So by the time I jumped into the story, it was already into the second setting. However, despite that, I was still able to follow along and understand what was needed to continue in this second story.
The book, When the Morning Comes, jumps in where Hannah has left her Amish order to escape from bad memories, which includes the birth of child from rape. She goes to live with her aunt, who was sh...more
The book, When the Morning Comes, jumps in where Hannah has left her Amish order to escape from bad memories, which includes the birth of child from rape. She goes to live with her aunt, who was sh...more
The Sisters of the Quilt continues! I was so engrossed in this story that as soon as I finished the first book, I read When the Morning Comes before writing my review for the first. Hopefully I don't confuse the two stories together. In the previous book, When the Heart Cries, Hannah has to face the fact that her relationship with Paul will never be the same and she decides to leave the Amish community to go to Ohio and find the aunt that was shunned. She struggles with the fact that she has onl...more
In Owl's Perch, Pennsylvania following the break up with her beloved Mennonite fiancé Paul Wadell after his betrayal left her reputation in ruins, Hannah Lapp leaves her family behind to live with her outcast Aunt Zabeth in Ohio. Her Amish father considers Hannah dead and her sister Sarah struggles with what she has done to her sibling. Paul wallows in guilt because he knows his actions not only destroyed Hannah's reputation, but their chance for a life together.
In Ohio, as Hannah tries to adap...more
In Ohio, as Hannah tries to adap...more
The only reason why I didn’t enjoy When the Morning Comes as much as I did When the Heart Cries was because instead of being Hannah’s story, When the Morning Comes morphed into Hannah and her fiance, Paul, and Mary and her brother, Luke, and her sister, Sarah, and her new boyfriend, Martin, and his sister, Faye, and her aunt, Zabeth, and Matthew’s story. The focus is off of Hannah and more on the people around her, which made me miss her almost as much as her friends and family do.
I really enjoy...more
I really enjoy...more
Hannah Lapp has left her Old Order Amish community and ex-fiance behind to live in the Englischer world with her aunt Zabeth. She finds the difference in culture, the moral ambiguity, and the complex demands of her new world distressing, but tries her best to cope. She finds a new friend in Zabeth's quasi-son Martin, and develops a protectiveness for Martin's nephew and niece. Meanwhile, back in Owl's Perch, Paul Waddell, Hannah's ex-fiance, is waiting for her to come home. Sarah, her sister, su...more
Another cliff hanger. I'm actually really glad that I purchased these books in a 1 book trilogy, because I can just flip right to the next story. The publisher did the right thing by packaging them together - I'm not sure I'd still be reading them otherwise.
Enjoyable story about an Old Order Amish girl who has left her home due to unfair persecution and ostracism, as she tries to make a life in the Englisher world. Really fascinating to see her try to find her place and she what changes she coul...more
Enjoyable story about an Old Order Amish girl who has left her home due to unfair persecution and ostracism, as she tries to make a life in the Englisher world. Really fascinating to see her try to find her place and she what changes she coul...more
In this second installment in the Sister of the Quilt series, Hannah has left the Amish community that judged and rejected her. Finding a kindred spirit in her shunned aunt, she makes a new life for herself. Going to school and studying to be a nurse, she finds a purpose for her life. Being befriended by people who accept her as she is, she finds peace. But back home, Paul regrets how he treated Hannah and longs to make amends, if he could only find her. Will that ever happen? Or is it too late...more
I don't think this one was as good as the first...I found some parts to be really childish and too easily wrapped up. Still, it was a good book, and I'm looking forward to the final book in the series to wrap up all that's happened.
In the first book we followed Hannah through her most difficult journey while she was made to feel an outcast. Now she has left her Pennsylvania Amish community and traveled to Ohio to try to find an aunt she never even knew existed. Her life with Zabeth teaches her some of the ways of the Englishers, and it is fun to see and feel her reactions. She has met an Englisher and is enjoying his company. Continuing her education (a no-no for the Amish) has made her question some of the old ways, but i...more
I enjoy stories set in Amish Country as this story is. Hannah Lapp is falsely accused of by her community and shunned. She secretly leaves home to go to her aunt, who is never knew she had, and go to school to become a nurse. Finding her aunt is a blessing and they help each other but of course she meets a young man and they start to fall in love, but what about the plain Mennonite young man who she was engaged to?? Will she ever go back or just stay away??? No spoiler of the story. The only thi...more
Even better than the first!
This book was so good that I couldn't put it down. The author did such a good job of drawing you into the story that you almost feel like you are there living it. Book 1 in the series was about Hannah's life in an Old Order Amish world. When the "unmentionable" happened and she was shunned, your heart just broke for her. In book 2 she has started a new way of life as an Englischer. There are so many twists and turns - I would think I knew what was going to happen and then something completely di...more
When the Morning Comes is book 2 in a three book series called Sisters of the Quilt. I haven't reviewed the first "When the Heart Cries" but I have read it and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it so much that I requested When the Morning Comes before I was even halfway finished with When the Heart Cries.
In the first (When the Heart Cries) Hannah Lapp is 17 and madly in love with Paul Waddell. There is a big problem though. Hannah is Old Order Amish and Paul's family is Plain Mennonite. Paul owns a t...more
In the first (When the Heart Cries) Hannah Lapp is 17 and madly in love with Paul Waddell. There is a big problem though. Hannah is Old Order Amish and Paul's family is Plain Mennonite. Paul owns a t...more
The second book in the Sisters of the Quilt series, this book picks up from the end of the first book. Hannah has fled Owl's Perch and sought refuge in Ohio with the aunt she never knew. Her Aunt Zabeth was shunned years before and she shows Hannah the love and understanding that her family couldn't give her. Believing that her relationship with Paul is over, she finds new hope and romance with Martin, an Englischer raised by Aunt Zabeth.
Hannah finds a purpose and career in nursing and as she be...more
Hannah finds a purpose and career in nursing and as she be...more
When The Morning Comes
By Cindy Woodsmall
Published by Water Brook Press
ISBN#978-1-4000-7293-4
320 Pages
Back Cover: Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers.
Back in Owl's Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his treatment of Hannah. Fearing for her safety, he tried to convince...more
By Cindy Woodsmall
Published by Water Brook Press
ISBN#978-1-4000-7293-4
320 Pages
Back Cover: Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers.
Back in Owl's Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his treatment of Hannah. Fearing for her safety, he tried to convince...more
I've been able to get in a lot of reading lately, some of which has been the second books in a series. And, sadly, the second books in all my recent reading have been a bit of a let down.
When the Morning Comes was a bit slow. Big events were happening in Hannah's life, but the progress in the overall story wasn't as much as I'd hoped for.
I did enjoy the new characters though, and was interested enough to read the third and final book in the series.
When the Morning Comes was a bit slow. Big events were happening in Hannah's life, but the progress in the overall story wasn't as much as I'd hoped for.
I did enjoy the new characters though, and was interested enough to read the third and final book in the series.
This was book number two of a series of three. You probably guessed - about Amish and Mennonites. The next one is "When the Soul Mends". Number one is "When the Morning comes". You really need to read them in the order they were written or it will become confusing. But then again maybe I am the only Baptist turned Church of Christ girl who is hooked on these books. Very good book and not a predictable ending!
I read this book with as much speed as the first - and with just as much frustration. I couldn't believe how many things could possibly be going wrong for poor Hannah.
I was much more interested in the life with her friends and family back home than whatever was going on with her in Ohio at some points.
As soon as I read the last page, I picked up book three and started it :)
I was much more interested in the life with her friends and family back home than whatever was going on with her in Ohio at some points.
As soon as I read the last page, I picked up book three and started it :)
I really liked Zabeth, Hannah's aunt, lively woman even while not in good health. She really kept the family together; Hannah and Martin are in charge of the family and their relationship.
Sarah is troubled still and is always searching. I wonder does she have more secrets?
Way to go Mamm Lapp; I agree with you 100%.
Got to love endings where you are longing for more.
Sarah is troubled still and is always searching. I wonder does she have more secrets?
Way to go Mamm Lapp; I agree with you 100%.
Got to love endings where you are longing for more.
I didn't expect to love this series as much as I do. Hannah's story is definitely a beautiful one, altough I have to say that I'm not thrilled with this story's male protagonist, Martin. I think he's too self absorbed to make a good mate for her, and is written in a awy that seems less personal than Paul or Matthew in Books 1 and 2.
This book is sort of like how The Empire Strikes Back is in the Star Wars saga. It's best to read the first one of this series first. Then, one is more apt to have a really enjoyable experience ( assuming one likes reading about the Amish or at least religious genre). I was so engrossed in the story that I was a little surprised when the end came. Thankfully, I have the third book in the series waiting for me. In fact, I started it as soon as I put down this second book. Fantabulous.
TALK ABOUT A CLIFF HANGER! Dudette, you can not just leave me hanging like this, I don't know how I'm suppose to make it to September! Ugh!
This book was really great, better than the first, and I really enjoyed that one. There is real issues that are tough on life and hard, but there is goodness. There are more characters to fall in love with in this book and the personalities are so real and so great, that you do not know who to love more as a reader and feel just as confused as the character...more
This book was really great, better than the first, and I really enjoyed that one. There is real issues that are tough on life and hard, but there is goodness. There are more characters to fall in love with in this book and the personalities are so real and so great, that you do not know who to love more as a reader and feel just as confused as the character...more
This was somewhat of a fluff book, but it was enjoyable to listen to while I worked. It was easy to follow the story and the characters were well-defined. I realized this is the middle book of a trilogy after starting, but it could stand alone and I will probably read the next one to finish the story.
This is the second book in a trilogy of Hannah Lapp and her circumstances after being brutally attacked and rejected by her family and her Amish community. She realizes she cannot survive is she stays so she departs Pennsylvania for Ohio to search for her aunt in the Englischer world. In the meantime her family and friends begin to find out the painful truths that emerge after her disappearance. She has some difficult times ahead of her but she is strong, she survives and begins to make her way...more
The first book in this series, When the Heart Cries (you can read my review here), was pretty depressing, I thought. The worst thing for me was that Hannah’s father did not believe that she had been raped, which just broke my heart. After enduring all that happens in the first book, I really wanted to see Hannah catch a break in the second book.
And she does. A lot of them.
Read my complete review here: http://shoopettesbookreviews.blogspot...
And she does. A lot of them.
Read my complete review here: http://shoopettesbookreviews.blogspot...
As soon as I finished book one of the 'Sisters of the Quilt' series, I immediately began reading this equally gripping book. I liked the exploration of the dynamics within the Amish community so I could better understand the blending of the old world with Hannah's new world. A good read.
I think I would read anything by Cindy Woodsmall. Her writing is so engaging. This one was not quite as good as the first in the series but still very good. The only bad part is that it leaves you hanging, but I expected that and luckily I have book #3 on my night stand waiting for me.
I loved this book too. It was such easy reading. It was neat reading about how Hannah followed through with leaving and starting a new life. I also loved how she got to meet Zabeth and be a part of a family. I can't wait to see what the final book brings, especially since Hannah is heading home to help Sarah out. Plus I can't wait to see what she does about Paul and Martin.
I skipped the first book in the series but was completely captured by this one and was completely in tune of the story. This book is so engaging that I could not put it down and got following book as quickly as I could. Book about unfortunate things that happen to women and unforgiving hearts that would rather believe a lie than believe that bad things do truly happen to good people. The story of forgiveness and healing that comes from unexpected places. An amazing series by new author!
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Cindy Woodsmall is a New York Times best-selling author who has written six novels, three novellas, and Plain Wisdom, a work of nonfiction coauthored with her dearest Old Order Amish friend, Miriam Flaud. She’s been featured on ABC Nightline and the front page of the Wall Street Journal, and has worked with National Geographic on a documentary concerning Amish life.
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