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Annas Return
She was beginning to fear that the prodigal daughter wouldn’t make it home after all. Anna Beiler pressed on the gas pedal. “Come on, you can do it.” The old car responded with nothing more than a shudder.
Daad would probably say that this was what she got for depending on something so English as a car to get her home, and maybe he’d be right. Just the thought of seeing her father made her stomach queasy. How would he, how would any of the family, react to Anna’s turning up at her Amish home three years after she’d given up all they believed in to disappear into the English world?
The car gave an ominous sputter. It might be her prized possession, but she didn’t know much about its inner workings. Still, that noise and the shaking couldn’t be good signs. She gripped the steering wheel tighter, biting her lip, and faced the truth. She wasn’t going to make it to the Beiler farm, the place where she’d been born, the place she’d left in rebellion and disgrace. She’d been almost nineteen then, sure she knew all about the world. Now, at twenty-two, she felt a decade older than the girl she’d been.
But there, just ahead, she spotted the turnoff to Mill Race Road. Two miles down Mill Race was the home of her brother and sister-in-law. Joseph and Myra would welcome her, wouldn’t they?
Forced into a decision, she’d have to take that chance. She turned onto the narrow road, earning another protesting groan from the car. Her fingers tensed so much that she’d have to peel them from the steering wheel. Worse, now that she was so close, all the arguments for and against coming here pummeled her mind.
Was this the right choice? Her stomach clenched again. She didn’t know. She just knew returning was her only option.
It was strange that things looked the same after three years. Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania, didn’t change, or at least not quickly. Maybe there’d been a little more traffic on the main road, but now that she was off that, not a car was in sight.
The fields on either side of the road overflowed with pumpkins, cabbage, and field corn that had yet to be cut. Neat barns and silos, farmhouse gardens filled with chrysanthemums, sumac topped with the dark red plumes that made them look like flaming torches - this was September in Pennsylvania Dutch country, and she was coming home.
Reprinted from Anna’s Return by Marta Perry by arrangement with Berkley, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc., Copyright © 2010 by Martha Johnson.
Anna's Return
Back in her Amish community after a 3-year absence, the heroine of Marta Perry’s Anna’s Return has created a stir. Perhaps it is because she hasn’t told anyone, not even her family, that her baby is adopted, or that its violent father remains a threat.
Anna knows she has much to answer for and soon confides in her childhood friend Samuel, who also lived among the English. Yet Samuel is now content to rededicate himself to the Amish way, while Anna remains conflicted. As the two grow closer, Anna longs to ask forgiveness from the community whose blessing she took for granted. But before she can, Anna realizes she’s endangered those around her when the baby’s father seeks vengeance by targeting the man she loves….
Hardcover : 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corp ( May 25, 2010 )
Item #: 12-956770
ISBN: 9781616646509
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.72inches
Product Weight: 14.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Always enjoy the amish 
May 04, 2011
I really enjoyed Anna's return. Although I had read the first two books in the series, I enjoy the insights into amish life and the struggles to exist so differntly.
I probably would have ended it a little different with a reason for Pete to want his daughter (money, etc), but it
was a very good read.
Reviewer: Patsy
Anna's Return
September 23, 2010
I enjoyed this book and thought it was a good continuation from the previous two books. It was written well and nicely wrapped up all the characters and their lives.
Reviewer: Sue B
August 14, 2010
I enjoyed reading these 3 books. Ivisited the Amish Country in Pa last year. I admire these people and their love of God and their families.
Reviewer: Anna's R
Excellent!!!
August 04, 2010
I have read all 3 books of the series and I believe this was the best!! It may have been because we have known the main characters since the first book but I did not want to put down.
Reviewer: Patricia G
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