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Readers will delight in this heartfelt novel by bestselling author Jerry Eicher, a former Amishman, who writes with authenticity and compassion about the people he grew up with.When Susan Hostetler has a falling out with her boyfriend, Thomas Stoll, she leaves her Amish community and moves to Asbury Park to experiment in English life. There she learns to drive a car, takes her GED test, and falls in love with young and handsome Duane Bower. Back home, her parents are devastated and miss their daughter terribly. But what can they do? Susan has a mind of her own.Just as Susan is enjoying her new life, her plans are interrupted. She meets Teresa Long, a young, unwed, expectant mother who asks Susan to help her have her baby adopted by an Amish family. As Susan is drawn into the young woman's life, she also finds herself drawn back to her Amish roots. But can she truly leave her life behind...and Duane?

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	01 février 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736942447
Langue	English

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Readers of Amish fiction love Jerry Eicher s Little Valley series
Ella Yoder, a young, independent Amish woman, suffered a terrible loss. But now she must pick up the pieces of her shattered life and move forward. Will her faith in God and in her community survive?

Ella and Aden s wedding and their move to their dream house is set for June. The beautiful wedding quilt is almost finished when tragedy strikes and the life they d planned together is demolished. Why would God take my true love home? Ella wonders.
With Aden gone, Ella s future is uncertain. Daniel, Aden s brother, decides to finish Aden and Ella s dream house. Should Ella sell the home and land? Or will she go against tradition and move in to the home alone?

Ella Yoder has moved into her dream house. Living alone for the first time, she ponders her options. How is she to make a living? How will she live without Aden? What is to become of her?
Two would-be suitors soon make their intentions known. Ella agrees to take care of Preacher Stutzman s three motherless girls. Her heart is touched by their love for her. Could their affection be the answer for Ella s shattered heart? Does God want her to marry Ivan so she can be the mother his three children need? But there s the bishop s offer of marriage to consider and the unusual option of staying single and living in the home Aden designed.

Ella loves the widower Ivan Stutzman s children. She is genuinely devoted to Ivan and keenly aware of his desire to propose, but her feelings stop just short of romance. Is her love for Ivan s children enough to make a marriage work?
When a handsome Englisha man seeks Ella out to ask about the Amish faith, Ella is wary but intrigued. She agrees to meet with him-but only with the bishop s approval. Soon Ella is torn between her devotion to Ivan and his children and her growing feelings for the Englisha . With dire consequences at stake, Ella must determine what her heart really wants, what God s will is for her, and whether she will stay true to her Amish heritage.
Jerry Eicher s Hannah s Heart series follows Hannah Byler s quest for true love within the traditions of the Amish faith. Although life in rural Montana is unfamiliar and at times dangerous, Hannah learns to thrive as she shoulders new responsibilities, deals with sudden hardships, and embraces her place in this small community of believers.

Hannah Miller s Amish faith is solid and her devotion to family and the Amish community unquestionable. Yet her young spirit longs for adventure and romance. Troubling circumstances arise that provide a good excuse to spend the summer in Montana at a relative s ranch.
Her heart awhirl with emotion, Hannah dreams about her future. Sam, the boy Hannah has known all her life, is comfortable and predictable. Peter is a wild card. And Jake is unpredictable and mysterious. Hoping for a dream come true, Hannah leaves the life she s known and sets out for the wilds of Montana.

Hannah and her husband live near a small Amish community in a rough log cabin that is far from everything Hannah holds dear. Anxious about her new role as wife and soon-to-be mother, Hannah understands she must learn to control her anxious heart if her marriage is to survive.
When her husband loses his job and answers the call to ministry, they discover hardships will either drive them apart or draw them closer together. With winter pressing in and money scarce, Hannah is determined to find hope despite the fearful conditions.

Hannah is adjusting to married life. While her husband works long days as a furniture maker and minister, she stays busy keeping their home in order. Both anticipate their baby s birth with joy.
When word of a Mennonite tent revival spreads and worry about losing church members mounts, Hannah s sister arrives and quickly catches the eye of a bachelor whose brother left the church during the last revival. And when a neighbor-an Englisha -announces his interest in one of the Amish widows, Hannah s husband is caught in the middle of the controversy.
Will Hannah and her husband s determination to stay faithful to God and the traditions of their church survive the turmoil?
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS EUGENE, OREGON
Cover by Garborg Design Works, Savage, Minnesota
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.
MISSING YOUR SMILE
Copyright 2012 by Jerry S. Eicher
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Eicher, Jerry S.
Missing your smile / Jerry S. Eicher.
p. cm. - (Fields of home ; bk. 1)
ISBN 978-0-7369-3943-0 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-4244-7 (eBook)
1. Amish-Fiction. 2. Amish women-Fiction. I Title.
PS3605.I34M57 2012
813 .6-dc22
2011021196
All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 /LB-SK/ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Readers of Amish fiction love Jerry Eicher s Little Valley series
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Discussion Questions
Following Your Heart
About Jerry Eicher
C HAPTER O NE

S usan Hostetler drew in her breath, her eyes drawn down the crowded street to the odd sight. Why on earth would Amish people be coming to the Oyster Festival in Asbury Park? she wondered. Hadn t she moved far enough away from Indiana and her Amish roots?
She resumed slicing the roast beef as an older man and his wife in front of the concession stand stared at her, waiting for their sandwiches.
Sorry about that. Something just gave me a start, she said. I ll have this ready in a minute.
The couple turned in the direction of Susan s gaze and then exchanged glances.
I don t see anything, the woman muttered. Unless it s those Amish folks.
The man shook his head. They re pretty harmless. They re not murderers on the loose or anything. He laughed.
Susan kept her eyes away from them, laying pieces of roast beef on the bread before adding lettuce and tomatoes. Let them laugh, and let the two think what they wanted. Sure the Amish weren t murderers, but there was one of them back home who murdered the heart, but that likely didn t count in the Englisha world. The sad thing was, it hadn t counted much in the Amish world either. She should have burned her wedding dress instead of burying it in the cedar chest at home.
Her mamm had said, It s each one s choice whom to marry. Well, Thomas had chosen, and she could also choose, regardless what anyone said about it.
There, she said, wrapping the two sandwiches and shoving them across the temporary counter. You can pay at the register.
They both raised their eyebrows and looked sideways at each other before moving toward Laura, who was working the register at the moment.
Across the street, the Amish couple was moving closer to the sandwich stand. The man was tall, his beard coming down almost to his fourth shirt button. His wife stood beside him holding a little girl. The mother was in her white kapp and the girl in a black bonnet-dressed just as the Amish women had done for many years. Her people would never change. But she would. And change would help the pain go away.
The crowd shifted and another young Amish couple appeared, following closely behind the first. He was round, like a short barrel, his wife skinny as a rail behind him. Neither of them carried a child. Susan caught herself hiding her face behind her hand, but then she realized how foolish it was. She no longer looked Amish without her kapp , and what would it matter anyway?
We ll take two roast beef with all the toppings, a girl s voice said in front of her, bringing Susan back to the booth. Yah coming right up! She glanced at the two girls before her and tried to smile as she began the sandwiches. What is wrong with me? Amish talk is supposed to be out of my system by now! And here I am saying yah again at the mere sight of Amish people .
So how are you two girls doing? Susan asked as she laid out the bread. At least she could try being Englisha again.
Okay, I guess, one said with a shrug. Just the usual stuff life gives you. Most of it stinks.
The girl beside her giggled. They can t be out of middle school , Susan thought. She finished wrapping the sandwiches and said, Well, maybe these will make the day go better for you.
The girls smirked at each other and moved down to pay Laura.
Down the street, the Amish couples were coming closer. Surely they wouldn t stop at Laura s stand. Susan really didn t want to see Amish people up close right now. There were dozens of vendors lining the street. It would be the luck of the draw either way, but she was the only one selling roast beef sandwiches, and all the Amish Susan knew sure liked roast beef.
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