Amish Millers Get Married: The Way Home / The Way Forward / The Narrow Way
Ruth Hartzler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
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· 6 ratings · 274 pages · Published: 24 Dec 2014
Ruth Hartzler has no grammatical errors in her books. She is a retired teacher and is meticulous about grammar.
The three books are vastly different from each other. The plots are nothing alike.
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The 3 books in this boxed set follow one family, but each novel has a vastly different story line. Ruth Hartzler was raised Anabaptist, her father being of many generations Anabaptist, so she has a deep insight into Amish culture.
1) The Way Home.
The four Miller sisters are injured when their buggy is hit by a car driven by Noah Hostetler who is on rumspringa.
The oldest sister, Hannah, is the first to recover physically, but is left with a fear of buggies and worse still, unforgiveness in her heart for Noah.
Can Hannah recapture the love she once felt for Noah?
Will love be enough to heal the wounds of the past?
2) The Way Forward.
Everyone thinks the handsome Amos Troyer is perfect for Esther Miller - everyone, that is, except Esther herself. So when her mother's meddling gets too much, Esther hatches a scheme of her own. She asks her friend Jacob Hostetler to pretend to be her boyfriend. Yet does Jacob have a secret of his own?
How will Esther's secret change her life in a way she never thought possible?
3) The Narrow Way.
The Miller's third daughter, Martha, went on her rumspringa, determined to sample the ways of the Englisch and to start a chocolate making business. Mary has left the Amish well behind her, and is dating the handsome and successful Englischer Gary Wright. When she is arrested for something she didn't do, she calls on the only person she can trust to keep her secret, the Amish man Moses, who has loved her for years.
About the Author.
Ruth Hartzler's father was from generations of what people refer to as "Closed Open" or "Gospel Hall" Brethren. Ruth's mother, a Southern Baptist, had years of struggle adapting to the cultural differences, and always cut her hair, which was a continual concern to Ruth's father's family. Ruth was raised strictly Brethren and from birth attended three meetings every Sunday at the Gospel Hall, the Wednesday night meeting, and the yearly "Conference," until she left the Brethren at the age of twenty one. Ruth still has close friends in the Brethren, as well as the Amish, both groups descending from Anabaptists. Ruth's family had electricity, but not television, radio, or magazines, and they had plain cars. Make up, bright or fashionable clothes, and hair cutting were not permitted for women. Women had to wear hats in meetings (what others would call church meetings) but not elsewhere. The word "church" was never used and there were no bishops or ministers. All baptized men were able to speak (preach, or give out a hymn) spontaneously at meetings. Musical instruments were forbidden, with the exception of the traditional pump organ which was allowed only if played in the home for hymn music. Even so, singing of hymns in accompaniment was forbidden.
Ruth Hartzler is a widow with one adult child and two grandchildren. She lives alone with her Yorkshire Terrier and two cats. She is a retired middle school teacher and enjoys quilting, reading, and writing.