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Half buried memories from childhood surface as a panicked single mother flees to find a safe place for herself and her young child. And what secrets will finally be uncovered by her journey into the past in a Amish community? Will those who help her be forgiven or shunned and can she redeem her long-dead mother’s reputation? In the first novel in the “Ada’s House” series, author Cindy Woodsmall begins a fascinating tale of love and desire and of wrong-doing and forgiveness.
The Hope of Refuge: Cindy Woodsmall is one of my favorite authors and I was thrilled to be able to read the complete Ada's House trilogy. This is the first book of the trilogy. I really felt how terrible life had been for Cara Moore and her little daughter, Lori. But Ephraim, or 'From, as Lori calls him, is the best thing to ever happen to Cara in my opinion. As Cara runs from the past literally, memories of days spent in a strange world where the women wear bonnets and plain dresses and life is
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Great book. Story of a girl who is raised in foster care and jow is a young widowed mother. She is being stalked and ends up in an Amish community.
This book was wonderful and swept me away in it emotionally! Loved every minute of it and can't wait to read book 2
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Enjoyed reading this book, another can't wait to read the next book!
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This is, my first book by cindy woodsmall.I realllllly enjoyed it book opened my eyes to things that we take for granted. Just wish the ending was better
looking forward to more of cindy woodsmall books
looking forward to more of cindy woodsmall books
I liked this book. At first it took me awhile to get into it, I didn't think that I was going to like it. As I kept reading it I liked it.
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Enjoyed this book. Very different from a lot of the usual Amish books
Nov 30, 2009
Jessica Strack
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