Welcome to Parke County, Indiana--land of peaceful farms and covered bridges, Amish quilts and horse drawn buggies, romance and murder. After years of running, Hannah Schwatrz has finally built a life for herself--far from the insecure husband who bullied and abused her. Far from the close-knit Amish community who raised her, then shunned her. Still haunted by nightmare memories of her parents' murder and the guilty secret that made her anathema--a true outcast--from her friends and family. Only love can bring her home again. Love for a child she had feared was lost forever. And love for the peaceful people who shaped her life. But can love heal old wounds . . . or keep the community safe from a deadly danger?
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
An Amish Story Like No Other:
This is definitely not your typical Amish Story. I didn't think I would make it though the first chapter. The decisions that Hannah Schwartz had made when she was younger, made things turn from bad to worse for her. Hannah soon discovers that it's better to look before you leap into a big decision like marriage. Things are definitely not what they seemed to be at first. She is thrown into a world so unlike her own, it's disturbing at best. She thought she knew what she was doing. She had entered a... more info
Anathema by Colleen Cble:
ANATHEMA By Collen Coble Review by Carlo Gabbi Author of "An Amazing Story" Reading "Anathema" the novel written by Colleen Coble, you find that the suspense is intense right through this novel.
The writer introduce the reader into the Amish, a religious community in Indiana, and tells of their life, love and believes, but more important, and interesting, we come to know the way they knot mysterious symbols in the pattern of their homemade quilts and what the meanings of those symbols... more info
one of the best:
I have read many books about the Amish and this it top of the line. Couldn't wait to get home from a stressful day and get back in the book. I hope there is a #2 with the characters. There was an element of suspense and I would recommend it to anyone.
A Story With Take-Away Value:
Colleen Coble is another author I met last September at the ACFW Conference in Texas. She is a lovely, loud, outgoing woman and that kind of woman brings me right out of my shell. After meeting her, I knew I wanted to read her books. I pre-ordered her first Amish story Anathema. I enjoyed the book very much. I look for relationship issues in the stories I read and the pull of family ties is very strong and compelling throughout the story. It's a story that shows how terrible domestic violence is, and... more info
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