The Return

Name: The Return
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher
ISBN: 9781501955754

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Series: Amish Beginnings #3

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/01/2017

Categories: Fiction, Amish

Synopsis

As the Amish settle in America, Tessa wishes Hans would notice her. When tragedy strikes--close to home and close to her heart--she discovers the cost of true love. Beautiful and winsome, Betsy Zook never questioned her family's rigid expectations, nor those of devoted Hans, but then she never had to. Not until the night when she's taken captive in a surprise Indian raid. During her captivity, Betsy faces brutality and hardship, but also unexpected kindness. She draws strength from native Caleb, who encourages her to find God in all circumstances. She finds herself torn between her pious upbringing and the intense new feelings this compelling man awakens within her. Handsome and complex, Hans is greatly anguished by Betsy's captivity and turns to Tessa Bauer for comfort. Eagerly, Tessa responds, overlooking troubling signs of Hans's hunger for revenge. When Betsy is finally restored to the Amish, have things gone too far between Hans and Tessa? Inspired by true events, this deeply layered novel gives a glimpse into the tumultuous days of prerevolutionary Pennsylvania through the eyes of two young, determined, and faith-filled women.

About Suzanne Woods Fisher

Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of The Choice, The Waiting, The Search, and A Lancaster County Christmas, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace. Her interest in the Anabaptist cultures can be directly traced to her grandfather, W. D. Benedict, who was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Benedict eventually became publisher of Christianity Today magazine. Suzanne is the host of Amish Wisdom, a weekly radio program, and a columnist for Christian Post. She lives in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanne on August 11, 2017

The Return is book 3 in the Amish Beginnings series. This book is not a stand alone and the series must be read in order to fully understand the story. It starts with Anna's Crossing,continues with The Newcomer and continues with this book. I read the author said she may continue the series if there......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on October 23, 2017

Overall I found the book incredibly insightful into a time that isn’t often written about. I rarely see pre-revolutionary war stories these days. And with the Amish and Mennonite hints interwoven, it made this story quite interesting. Characters The people in this book are well crafted, interesting, an......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on August 23, 2017

The complex dynamics of the characters in this book were so compelling amidst the trials they faced. There are multiple perspectives the story is told from which made it so interesting and the pace moved swiftly forward. Anna and Bairn from the first two books were influential as Tessa's parents and......more

Goodreads review by DianFlow on July 22, 2017

Suzanne Woods Fisher has shown her versatility and expertise as an author as never before in her enthralling new saga, The Return. The readers' emotions are immediately swept away on a violent incursion by savage Indians against the first Amish settlers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Beautifully......more

Goodreads review by Carole on August 11, 2017

Reviewed at The Power of Words: [URL not allowed] As with all that Suzanne Woods Fisher writes, The Return is incredible. I won’t go so far as to say that it’s the best book she has written because each story is unique and never fails to touch me, but there is something special about this one. Fro......more