When Katie opened her eyes, Mamm and Jesse were seated again. Mamm’s face was glowing and Jesse beamed. Katie clasped her hands and allowed the joy of the moment to fill her. Opening one’s heart to love had, so far, been worth the cost.
Watch for the next books in the Emma Raber’s Daughter series!
Katie’s Journey to Love (coming April 2013)
Katie’s Forever Promise (coming October 2013)
About Jerry Eicher
Jerry’s bestselling Amish fiction (more than 400,000 in combined sales) includes The Adams County Trilogy, the Hannah’s Heart books, The Fields of Home, and The Little Valley Series. After a traditional Amish childhood, Jerry taught for two terms in Amish and Mennonite schools in Ohio and Illinois. Since then he’s been involved in church renewal, preaching, and teaching Bible studies.
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Discussion Questions
1. Is Katie justified in feeling unaccepted by the Amish youth?
2. Katie is known to others as “Emma Raber’s daughter.” Have you ever had a label attached to you that affected the way you thought about yourself?
3. Why do you think Mamm is so anxious about Katie? Is she justified in her feelings?
4. Why is Emma so unwilling to think about marriage again?
5. What do you think about Jesse? Why is he so persistent in pursing Emma when Ruth Troyer so obviously is interested in him—and in being a mamm to his children?
6. If you could offer advice to Emma Raber about dealing with her past and with the present feelings she has as a result of that past, what would you tell her?
7. Have you done something in your past that still bothers you? How do you deal with the memory?
8. What do you think of Mabel? Are you sympathetic to her feelings or unsympathetic?
9. Was Katie right in continuing to attend the Mennonite youth meetings, knowing how her maam felt?
10. What problems do you foresee for Jesse and Emma as they combine their households?
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