Home Is Where the Heart Is: The Dakota Series, Book 3
By Linda Byler
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Hannah, feisty and independent as ever, has put everything into building up her family’s homestead in North Dakota. Despite tragedy and almost unimaginable hardship due to the Great Depression, unpredictable weather, and unforgiving landscape, she and her new husband Jerry are leading their Amish friends and family in their homesteading venture. When the winter storms and the untimely death of a child become too much for the rest of the community to bear, they move back east. But Hannah and Jerry stay on, doggedly pursuing Hannah’s dreams of a successful ranch.
But even Jerry’s spirits begin to fail and when a flag of grasshoppers destroys every last morsel of vegetation after yet another drought, Hannah finally relents and they too return to the fertile soil of Pennsylvania, where life will be safe and predictable. Or so they think, but when tragedy strikes again, Hannah is suddenly a widow, in a place that no longer feels like home and with family who cannot grasp the depth of the losses she has experienced.
Hannah grapples with her faith, struggling to understand who she is and where she belongs. Always before, a flash of anger or defiance had fueled her strong will in the face of adversity and allowed her to push on toward her goals. But what did she have left to fight for now? Slowly, painfully, her heart begins to change. As she begins to reclaim her faith and her strong sense of self, she also starts to notice a handsome, burly man who is unlike anyone she’s known before. Is it possible she could find love again in Lancaster? What will it take for her to feel like she’s home, like she finally belongs somewhere?
Linda Byler
Linda Byler grew up Amish and is an active member of the Amish church today. She is the author of five bestselling fiction series, all set in the Amish world: Hester Takes Charge, Lancaster Burning, Sadie’s Montana, Lizzie Searches for Love, and The Dakota Series. In addition, Byler has written five Christmas romances: The Little Amish Matchmaker, The Christmas Visitor, Mary’s Christmas Good-Bye, Becky Meets Her Match, A Dog for Christmas, and A Horse for Elsie. Linda is also well known within the Amish community as a columnist for a weekly Amish newspaper.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Life hasn’t gotten any easier for Hannah. Just when it seems things out west are getting better, a horde of grasshoppers destroys everything, including Hannah’s courage. Disheartened and giving up her dream, she and Jerry move back east. But an even worse tragedy awaits her when a freak accident claims the life of her husband. Hannah must now make her way herself, alone, and yet there is another who is intrigued by this unusual creature. There may, at long last, be happiness for Hannah when she learns to forgive herself for her many shortcomings, and strives to finally please someone other than herself. Many readers find fault with Hannah, and while it is true that she is a hard character to like, she still has some redeeming qualities that finally surface. Today we might say that she is a product of her unhappy childhood, or even diagnose her as bipolar. Hannah certainly is an unusual protagonist, but it was her overwhelmingly strong personality and my curiosity to see if she ever changed that kept me reading and looking forward to the conclusion of the series, to discover what the future held for Hannah.