Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. But Ailin loves to run away from her governess and play games with her male cousins. Know
Ties That Bind
β Scribed by Woodsmall, Cindy
- Book ID
- 108653590
- Publisher
- The Crown Publishing Group
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- The Amish of Summer Grove 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781601426994
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β¦ Synopsis
Ariana's comfortable Old Order Amish world is about to unravel. Will holding tightly to the cords of family keep them together--or simply tear them apart?
Twenty-year-old Ariana Brenneman loves her family and the Old Ways. She has two aspirations: open a cafΓ© in historic Summer Grove to help support her family's ever-expanding brood and to keep any other Amish from being lured into the Englisch life by Quill Schlabach.
Five years ago Quill, along with her dear friend Frieda, ran off together, and Ariana still carries the wounds of that betrayal. When she unexpectedly encounters him, she soon realizes he has plans to help someone else she loves leave the Amish.
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Despite how things look, Quill's goal has always been to protect Ariana from anything that may hurt her, including the reasons he left. After returning to Summer Grove on another matter, he unearths secrets about Ariana and her family that she is unaware of. His love and loyalty to...
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