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An alarming secret is brought to light in ABRAM'S DAUGHTERS, Book Four. Truth can be thorny, even heartbreaking, yet Leah is required to make another difficult choice. Will this secret of secrets bring further sorrow for Leah, Sadie and the Ebersol family? At its heart, The Prodigal, is a multi-layered mystery and a saga of love, a story of deceit and untangled webs, of disgrace and redemption, encompassed by the merciful threads that knit families together ...Tags
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Time goes on. Long kept secrets are finally divulged. Leah is instrumental in bringing some things to light, but parts are still hidden. She shows a flash of true anger on her sister Sadie’s behalf, and it seems a little out of character for her. A chance encounter with someone she hasn’t seen in many years jolts her. The characters are interesting and the story, if somewhat contrived with the characters’ ancestry, is still quite entertaining.
Në The Prodigal, Leah Ebersol e di shumë mirë se e vërteta mund të jetë e mprehtë, madje edhe zemërthyese. Por kur një sekret tronditës del në dritë, ajo duhet të marrë një tjetër vendim të vështirë—një vendim që mund të ndërlikohet edhe më shumë nga kthimi i një të humburi, për të cilin pak kush priste të rikthehej.
Time has brought many changes to the Ebersol family and their community. Leah is caring for her younger siblings and is still a maidel living in her father's home. Sadie has returned from Ohio, but is she repentant and disciplined enough to prove herself to her family and the community? Lydiann is a young woman experiencing love and courtship for the first time. Mary Ruth is married and expecting her first child, while her twin Hannah is courting a budding interest in healing. As life goes on on the Ebersol farm, a visitor comes that will shake their foundations of faith, love, and hope.
Book 4 of the Abrahm's Daughters series did not disappoint. Really, this is a great series that is a page turner and always leaves you asking "What is show more going to happen???" show less
Book 4 of the Abrahm's Daughters series did not disappoint. Really, this is a great series that is a page turner and always leaves you asking "What is show more going to happen???" show less
An alarming secret is brought to light. The truth can be thorny, even heartbreaking, yet Leah is required to make another difficult choice.
The story continues. Another page turner. A satisfying read.
Sadie comes home and makes peace with Leah. Abram marries "Aunt" Lizzy after seven years of being a widower. The younger daughter and her (unknown) nephew start dating and the boy must be sent away and meets his long shunned brother who was sent away for dating Leah in their youth. Then he returns to learn why he and his brother were sent away.
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Beverly Lewis was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1949. She received a degree in music education from Evangel University. She grew up as an Assembly of God minister's daughter. Although she was not Amish, she had a close family connection to Old Order Mennonites, including her maternal grandmother who left the Mennonite community when show more she married. Her first book, Mountain Bikes and Garbanzo Beans (now titled Big Bad Beans) was published in 1993. Since then she has written over eighty books. Her titles for children and young adults include several series including the Cul-De-Sac Kids, the Girls Only (GO!), and the Holly's Heart. Her adult fiction books include The Heritage of Lancaster County series, the Abram's Daughters series, The Rose Trilogy, and the Home to Hickory Hollow series. She has received numerous awards including two Silver Angel Awards for The Postcard and Annika's Secret Wish and a Gold Book Award for The Shunning. In 2014, she made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title Child of Mine. Her title, The Love Letters, made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Prodigal
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- The Prodigal
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- Die Wiederkehr
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- Abram Ebersol; Aunt Lizzie; Sadie Ebersol; Leah Ebersol; Mary Ruth Ebersol; Hannah Ebersol (show all 8); Lydiann Ebersol; Gid Peachey
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- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, USA; Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania, USA; Ohio, USA
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- Sometimes in the midst of gray fog and drizzle, especially at this time of year, it's difficult to tell where the day ends and the night begins.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I can only hope to marry Jonas one fine day, but even such a sacred end--and a joyous beginning, too--must rest in God's sovereign will, and that alone.
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