The Choice (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Carrie Miller: young Amish woman struggling with life and her faith
• Abel Miller: Carrie's husband's cousin
• Daniel Miller: Carrie's husband
• Andy: Carrie's much younger brother
• Emma: Carrie's stepsister
• Mattie Zook: Carrie's best friend
• Solomon Riehl: Carrie's young 'true love' who left the Amish to play baseball
• Esther Weaver: Carrie's stepmother
• Veronica McCall: 'English' woman building a hotel and golf course in Amish country
• Jacob Weaver: Carrie's father
• Grace: teen-aged girl who works at the hotel
• Steelhead, Seymour: Abel's friend from his past, an unexpected welcome surprise
• John Graber: young man Esther thought was suitable for Carrie to marry
• Abraham: Amish Deacon, an example of the character of Christ
• Dr. Zimmerman: emergency room doctor at the local hospital
• Yonnie: Daniel and Abel's grandmother
• Katie: girl in Ohio that Daniel was to marry, was killed in a fire
• Chief Beamer: police chief
• Rebecca King: Andy's teacher

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• “That was the risky thing about words -- once said they couldn't be unsaid.”

  Carrie

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• Sometimes, she realized, the very thing we think is a problem turns out in the end to be God's protection.

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• I keep a grip on hope: God's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up. They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left.''

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• Life was meant to be lived as it came. It wasn't their way to dwell on hardships; instead, they carried on.

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• 'The way I see it, just in case the day doesn't turn out well, at least I've had my dessert.'

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• When Jeremiah focused on those circumstances surrounding him, he felt assaulted, even abandoned by God. But when he focused on God's past mercies, he found strength and encouragement.'

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• My clothes and prayer cap, the way I look, they aren't making me suitable to God. They're reminding me, every day, that I belong to God.'

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• 'Was mer net hawwe soll, hett mer's liebscht.' What we are not meant to have, we covet most.

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• 'The Bible says that when we're absent from the bodies, we're present with the Lord. Second Corinthians 5:8.'

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• 'There's a verse in the Bible that says God has the length of our days planned out. He knows when it's time for a person to pass. The psalmist wrote that God has the days of our lives all prepared before we'd even lived one day. It's all part of God's plan. Some die sooner than others, and that's hard, real hard to understand, but that's God's business. Our work is to trust him about those things.'

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• this must be what it felt like to tuck an octopus into bed. An arm or two kept popping out.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Ohio: where Daniel and his family moved from
• Honor Mansion: name of Hotel built in Amish country
• Central Market: a farmer's market where the Amish sold their produce and other things
• Pennsylvania: state where story takes place
• Stoney Ridge: where the Amish lived
• Blue Lake Pond: a quiet place of reflection, memories
• Cider Mill Farm: name Carrie gave her farm

Organizations edit see section history

• Old-Order Amish: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Waiting.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Suzanne Woods Fisher (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

suitable for young adults no objectionable content

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Fiction
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Romance
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Romance
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Other Practices