Hannah's Choice by Jan Drexler

 

Hannah's Choice by Jan Drexler is an Amish book set in 1842.  Hannah Yoder loves her quiet life by the Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County.  Hannah tries her best to hold her family together after the tragic loss of three of her siblings.  It's something her mother has never gotten over.  She also tries hard to get her sister Liesbet to be obedient and to stop sneaking around.

Hannah has grown up with Adam, a Mennonite.    Adam is in love with Hannah, but Hannah doesn't want to leave her faith and Adam doesn't want to become Amish.  Hannah  then meets Josef.  A young Amish man who desire to court her.  When her father decides the family needs a new start and they are going to move west, Hannah needs to make a choice.  Will she turn Mennonite and marry Adam and help him in his work? Or will she leave her beloved home and go with her family and marry Josef?

Your heart breaks for the ache Hannah's mom feels for the loss of her children and the struggle she has to overcome it.  Hannah is the glue that tries to hold her family together.  She finds she needs to stay strong and tries to not let it be known she feels responsible for the death of her siblings.  She takes that and works hard on her sister Liesbet to get her to stay true to her believes.  She struggles with the decision she needs to make but in the end she knows she makes the right ones.

I did find a couple portions of the book a little anti-climatic and could have been built up a little more.  Other then that it was a really good book.  I won't ruin it and tell you what choices she makes!

This book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.   I was not required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are entirely my own.