About the Book
In When the Heart Cries, the wildly successful debut novel by author Cindy Woodsmall, readers were granted access to one of the most mysterious places remaining in America – an Old Order Amish Community. In the latest release from her SISTERS OF THE QUILT series, When the Morning Comes, Woodsmall continues the story of young Amish Girl Hannah Lapp. – from the publisher Waterbrook Press
About the Author 
Cindy Woodsmall and her husband have three sons, whom Cindy home schooled for a number of years. With two children grown and attending college and the youngest entering public high school, she began pursuing her desire to write. The first chapter of When the Heart Cries, what became the first book in the SISTERS OF THE QUILT series, won second place in the Noble Theme Contest – a contest for unpublished authors sponsored by the American Christian Fiction Writers. Woodsmall and her family live in Georgia. – from the publisher Waterbrook Press
Review
Not having read When the Heart Cries, I had no background knowledge of Hannah’s circumstances other than what was revealed in When the Morning Comes. Nevertheless, enough information was related so that this novel is able to stand on its own.
When the Morning Comes relates Hannah’s search for survival and for herself in a world totally different from the one she grew up in. She finds peace, love, and acceptance in her new home although her past remains unsettled. Back home, her family and her former fiance struggle with her continued absence.
In my opinion, the book would have been stronger had there not been so many subplots woven throughout the story. I was also disappointed that several major issues remained unresolved at the end of the book.
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