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Although she's always longed to see the outside world, Johanna Ilg believes her future is rooted in the Amana community inhabited by devout Christians. But when she learns a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew is shattered and she is forced to make difficult choices about a new life and the man she left behind. Berta Schumacher has lived a privileged life in Chicago, and when her parents decide they want a simpler life in Amana, Iowa,...
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When Karlina Richter finds out that a new shepherd will be sent to East Amana, she fears she'll no longer be able to help her father with the sheep. Her fears increase when Anton Becker arrives and shows little interest in the flock- or in divulging why he's been sent. Dovie Cates decides to visit the Amana Colonies, where her mother spent her formative years. But when Dovie begins to ask questions about her mother's past, no one seems willing to...
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For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana. But as the United States enters the Great War, anti-German sentiment sweeps the country, and Amanans now face persecution from former friends. Jutta Schmitt is shocked when government agents demand that she return to Amana and report on un-American activities. Then Ilsa's childhood sweetheart is accused of something far worse than Jutta could imagine.
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Missouri, 1881. Joining the communal society of the Amana Colonies isn't what Jancey Rhoder planned, but when unforeseen circumstances force her family to make difficult decisions, she gives up her teaching position in a Kansas City orphanage and moves with her parents to Iowa. Her besotted suitor, Nathan Woodward, is determined to get Jancey to change her mind. And Jancey herself isn't sure what she's gotten herself into when the simple life of the...
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West Amana, Iowa, 1890. After Andrea Wilson receives the devastating news that her husband has been lost at sea, she returns home to Iowa with her young son, Lukas. But what she finds there causes more heartache: The family farm has burned and her father has died, leaving Andrea with nothing. Andrea must rely on the kindness of the people from the nearby Amana village who invite her to stay with them for a time. She discovers much generosity and contentment...
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"Times are hard in 1894. Desperate for work, former banker Jacob Hirsch rides the rails west from Chicago with his four-year-old daughter, Cassie. When a life-threatening illness strands the pair in Homestead, Iowa, the local Amana villagers welcome the father and daughter into their peaceful society. Liesel, a young Amana woman, nurses Cassie back to health, and the Homestead elders offer Jacob work. But Jacob's growing interest in Liesel complicates...