Elizabeth Byler Younts
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The only kind of life Brighton Turner understands is the one she has endured within the dreary walls of a rural Pennsylvania asylum. A nurse has thoughtfully educated and raised Brighton, but she has also kept vital information from her in order to keep her close. Brighton befriends a boy whom she calls Angel (he doesn't know his name) and as the two of them learn more about what lies beyond the walls they call home, they fight for their release and...
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English
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"In The Solace of Water, Elizabeth Byler Younts tells the story of two women, one white and one black, in racially charged 1956, who fight personal battles of freedom and form a friendship that neither expected. After the loss of her young son, Carver, an African-American preacher's wife named Delilah Evans moves with her family from Montgomery, Alabama, to Sinking Creek, Pennsylvania, for a fresh start. The last thing she could have imagined was...
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
463 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1943, and Miriam Coblentz and Henry Mast are nearing their wedding day when the unthinkable happens--Henry is drafted. However, since he is a part of the pacifist Amish tradition, Henry is sent to a conscientious objector Civilian Public Service camp. When he leaves for the work camp, his gaping absence turns Miriam's life upside down. Little does she know it's only the beginning... When Henry returns home, he brings news that shakes Miriam...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
519 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Marine Joe Garrison returns from his service in World War II, the caring Amish woman who looked after his deaf daughter during his absence gradually becomes a part of his life, as Joe struggles with fatherhood and his memories of the war"--publisher.
