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Beverly Lewis Does it Again! Following such bestsellers as The Shunning and The Postcard, Beverly Lewis's explosive new novel, The Covenant, unveils the layers of deeply rooted Amish tradition as seen through the eyes of Leah and Sadie Ebersol, two courting-age sisters. The Power of... read more
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The story revolves around Sadie and Leah Ebersol.The two young women are at the age where they can begin to court or in other words, begin dating. Sadie is older than Leah. She is at the age where she is allowed to experience the outside world before she makes her decision of becoming baptised... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Leah Ebersol: A young lady who is just starting her running-around years. Sister of Sadie. She struggles to keep her sister's dreadful secret...
- Sadie Ebersol: Sadie is the older sister of Leah, and is torn between forbidden love and what she knows is right.
- Ida Ebersol: Mother of Sadie, Leah, Mary Ruth and Hannah. Wife of Abram Ebersol.
- Lizzie Brenneman: Ida Ebersol's sister. Single Aunt of the Ebersol girls who lives in a house by the woods. She also has a secret.
- Mary Ruth: Talkative, cheerful, and helpful. Twin of Hannah. She has a dream, and Hannah wants to help her follow it. Mary Ruth also is fond of Elias.
- Hannah: Serious, and thoughtful, she is the twin of Mary Ruth. She loves embroidery, and has an eye for Ezra.
- Jonas Mast: Cousin of Leah. Jonas and Leah made a pact when they were young to marry, but Abram is against it.
- Abram Ebersol: Head of the Ebersol family. Husband of Ida, father of the girls.
- Derek: nicknamed "Derry" plays a huge role in Sadie Ebersol's life and future.
- Robert: Brother of Derek. He was in the war, and learned some important things. Now he is interested in giving his life to God.
- Leah: Leah is known as Abram's Leah but wants to be known as Jacob's Leah.
- Gideon Peachey: A next door neighbor and good friend of Leah, he loves her more than she thinks.
- Cousin Fannie: Add a description of this character.
- Dawdi John
- Lorraine
- Yoder
- Adah Peachey: Leah's best friend.
- Naomi Kauffman
- Fritzi
- Elias
- Anna Mast
- Peter Mast
- Miriam Peachey
- Rebekah
- Becky
- Dorcas
- Nathaniel King
- Dawdi Brenneman
- Katie
Setting & Locations edit
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
First Sentence edit
Growing up, I drank a bitter cup.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue : Leah
Chapter One : Summer 1946
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Abram's Daughters. (standard series)
Followed by The Betrayal.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Beverly Lewis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2002
ISBN: 0764227173
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2002
ISBN: 0764227173
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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